Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma__writecombine() to dma__wc()

From	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma__writecombine() to dma__wc()
Date	2015-08-26 06:30 +0200
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* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > There's a catch-22 issue here either way, for instance this rename patch has 
> > been being baked for probably 2 releases already but the difficulty has been 
> > trying to find the appropriate time to merge it without conflict.
> > 
> > If you do it in the beginning of the merge window, you have to ask yourself in 
> > what tree it will be done. Since subsystems are topic specific that means that 
> > subsystem will end up having a conflict at the end of the merge window.
> 
> Yes it's a special case.  I think the best way of handling such things is to get 
> them in to Linus either right at the end of the merge window or the day after he 
> releases -rc1.  This is when most people's trees are mostly empty.

Yes, that was the plan last time around as well - but the end of the merge window 
is when we have the least maintainer bandwidth as well ...

Anyway, I applied most of the patches (sans the rename), so the rename patch 
should be a lot simpler to execute at the right moment this time around.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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[PATCH v4 00/11] x86/dma: RIP MTRR and dma write-combine API rename "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH v4 01/11] PCI: Add pci_ioremap_wc_bar() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:20 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] PCI: Add pci_ioremap_wc_bar() "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 02/11] drivers/video/fbdev/i740fb: Use arch_phys_wc_add() and pci_ioremap_wc_bar() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:20 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] drivers/video/fbdev/i740fb: Use arch_phys_wc_add()   and pci_ioremap_wc_bar() "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 03/11] drivers/video/fbdev/kyrofb: Use arch_phys_wc_add() and pci_ioremap_wc_bar() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] drivers/video/fbdev/kyrofb: Use arch_phys_wc_add()   and pci_ioremap_wc_bar() "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 05/11] PCI: Add pci_iomap_wc() variants "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] PCI: Add pci_iomap_wc() variants "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 08/11] drivers/video/fbdev/vt8623fb: Use arch_phys_wc_add() and pci_iomap_wc() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] drivers/video/fbdev/vt8623fb: Use arch_phys_wc_add()   and pci_iomap_wc() "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 11/11] mtrr: bury MTRR - unexport mtrr_add() and mtrr_del() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/mtrr: Remove kernel internal MTRR interfaces:   unexport mtrr_add() and mtrr_del() "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-28 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH v4 09/11] drivers/dma/iop-adma: Use dma_alloc_writecombine() kernel-style "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] drivers/dma/iop-adma: Use dma_alloc_writecombine()   kernel-style "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 04/11] drivers/video/fbdev/gxt4500: Use pci_ioremap_wc_bar() to map framebuffer "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] drivers/video/fbdev/gxt4500: Use pci_ioremap_wc_bar(  ) to map framebuffer "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 07/11] drivers/video/fbdev/s3fb: Use arch_phys_wc_add() and pci_iomap_wc() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] drivers/video/fbdev/s3fb: Use arch_phys_wc_add()   and pci_iomap_wc() "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 06/11] drivers/video/fbdev/arkfb.c: Use arch_phys_wc_add() and pci_iomap_wc() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-24 21:30 +0200
    [tip:x86/mm] drivers/video/fbdev/arkfb.c: Use arch_phys_wc_add()   and pci_iomap_wc() "tip-bot for Luis R. Rodriguez" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-08-25 10:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma_*_writecombine() to dma_*_wc() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-08-25 10:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma_*_writecombine() to dma_*_wc() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> - 2015-08-25 17:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma_*_writecombine() to dma_*_wc() Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-08-25 22:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma_*_writecombine() to dma_*_wc() "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> - 2015-08-26 01:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma_*_writecombine() to dma_*_wc() Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-08-26 01:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma_*_writecombine() to dma_*_wc() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-08-26 06:30 +0200

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