Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] list private v2 & luo flb v9

[Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 01:07:25PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:57:47 -0500 Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This series includes two separate workstreams. This is because FLB
> > > should be applied on top of list_private, as it uses some of its
> > > interfaces.
> > >
> > > 1. List private v2 (first 3 patches) Previous version:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251126185725.4164769-1-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com
> > > For details, please read the cover letter from the previous submission.
> > >
> > > v2 Changelog:
> > > - Added a Reviewed-by from David Gow.
> > >
> > > 2. LUO FLB v9 (last 2 patches) Previous version:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251125225006.3722394-2-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com
> >
> > Please, no.
> >
> > This patch series is intended for the Linux kernel.  Your grandchildren
> > will read the above wondering "what did granddad do".  It's just lazy
> > for us to expect readers to have to chase down links to earlier
> > versions and then to figure out what changed and why we changed it,
> > etc, etc.
> >
> > Let's give our audience a nice, self-contained and complete description
> > of the proposed changes which doesn't refer them to the minute details
> > of the ongoing development process.  A process which is utterly
> > uninteresting three years from now.
> >
> > IOW, can we please have a complete and standalone description of *this
> > patchset* which doesn't refer to earlier obsolete stuff?
>
> And I would even say this should be two patchsets, one with private list
> and the other one with FLB.

They are not bundled, I sent them together only because FLB was
already in Andrew's tree, but it should be placed after private list
(since private list patch series deletes the LUO private list iterator
macro), now they are properly placed, and the private list can be
merged before FLB.

Pasha

>
> > Thanks.
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.