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Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] dma: rename dma_*_writecombine() to dma_*_wc()

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On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 01:19:13 +0200 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 01:43:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:48:37 +0200 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 09:53:18AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > Which kernel is this against? It has conflicts in 3 files with Linus's latest: 
> > > > v4.2-rc8.
> > > 
> > > Sorry I based it on linux-next, will respin the rename patch onto tip/auto-latest
> > > 
> > 
> > Doing that will make the patch kinda useless, because then the patch
> > will trash more mature work which is pending in linux-next, one week
> > before the merge window opens.
> > 
> > A better plan would be to base the patches on linux-next then wait for
> > 4.3-rc1.
> 
> 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.


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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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