From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:05:47 -0800 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Remap_file_pages protection support: when to send patches? Message-Id: <20070305150547.c30339f5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <200703052245.27260.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> References: <200703052245.27260.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Blaisorblade Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Ingo Molnar , Jeff Dike List-ID: On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 22:45:26 +0100 Blaisorblade wrote: > Hi Andrew, I've been resurrecting lately remap_file_pages protection support > for UML. > > I've updated it to 2.6.20 and it passes its unit test, and the > resulting kernel has no stability problems in my experience on my Dual Core > laptop (I've been using it for long time). > > Since last time I sent it, I've fixed remaining problems and TODOs, and > cleaned up the split (I'm just improving the way patches are split). Now it > is a patchset with 13 patches, and the diffstat is attached. > > Now I'm curious about when I should or could better send those patches - i.e. > when they bring less noise into the -mm tree? > > This would allow me to snapshot the git and/or -mm tree, test the patches > against that kernel with my unit testing program, and only then send these > patches to get them at least included into -mm. > > Any suggestion? Obviously if you want to see the code first, in the standard > way, I'll follow usual practice - just tell it me (and I'll send it shortly > anyway, if I get no answer). Just send them out, against next -mm please. Be sure to cc linux-mm. I'm going to have to ask other developers for more help reviewing and testing things like this in the future. Things just aren't working. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org