Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the rcu tree

[Uladzislau Rezki]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 07:35:31AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 02:14:43PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > In commit
> > > 
> > >   a55be9aacc45 ("rcu: Do not release a wait-head from a GP kthread")
> > > 
> > > Fixes tag
> > > 
> > >   Fixes: 05a10b921000 ("rcu: Support direct wake-up of synchronize_rcu() users")
> > > 
> > > has these problem(s):
> > > 
> > >   - Target SHA1 does not exist
> > > 
> > > Maybe you meant
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 654f59c6bc95 ("rcu: Support direct wake-up of synchronize_rcu() users")
> > > 
> > I have a question. Could you please clarify why those commits are in the linux-next?
> > Those commits have to go over RCU tree. It looks like i am missing something but
> > please elaborate.
> 
> Stephen pulls the -rcu "rcu/next" tag into -next, and does similarly for
> a large number of other trees.  This serves to pre-test the commits that
> are likely to show up in the upcoming merge window.  The pre-testing
> includes the build testing that Stephen does directly and additional
> testing that others do on the -next tree (for example, I occasionally
> run rcutorture on it).
> 
> So these commits are in -next because I told Stephen to include them.
> 
> But if you would like, I would be happy to pull your series out of the
> portion covered by rcu/next for the time being.
> 
Thanks for such information!

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Uladzislau Rezki