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From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
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To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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On 5/25/2012 4:48 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> I've noticed a similar but slightly different fix to the
>> > same problem in the Tilera kernel tree from Chris M. (I've
>> > wrote this before seeing that one), so some variation of this
>> > fix is in use on real hardware for some time now.
> Sigh, why can't people post their fixes instead of burying them in
> their private trees?

The tree was never really ready for review.  I pushed the tree just for
reference to the nohz cpusets work, and so that I have something I can
refer people to when I start participating more actively in that discussion.

It didn't seem useful to post a single patch by itself without more
motivating examples behind it (i.e. without the entirety of the tree).

-- 
Chris Metcalf, Tilera Corp.
http://www.tilera.com

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