From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC9AF9C for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1FBE617E for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:53:51 +0000 (UTC) To: Alexey Dobriyan , David Howells References: <87inw1skws.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> <25598.1469113525@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20160721233333.GD9841@dtor-ws> <11488.1469170986@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <15317.1469182420@warthog.procyon.org.uk> From: Vlastimil Babka Message-ID: <14459ec4-b42d-d6e1-51fd-eb6ac77ada17@suse.cz> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:53:49 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] More useful types in the linux kernel List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 07/22/2016 12:22 PM, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:13 PM, David Howells wrote: >> Alexey Dobriyan wrote: >> >>> Indeed, but please call them flags_t and flags64_t. >> >> Fine by me, though I was trying to avoid confusion with the argument to IRQ >> munging functions. > > I can resurrect irq_flags_t but there is no procedure for merging 1MB+ diffs > without spending whole life splitting and emailing maintainers. I think the procedure is that you have a script (e.g. coccinelle) to make such patch and Linus applies it himself just before/after rc1. > _______________________________________________ > Ksummit-discuss mailing list > Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss >