From: Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com>
To: Rao Shoaib <rao.shoaib@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
brouer@redhat.com, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kfree_rcu() should use the new kfree_bulk() interface for freeing rcu structures
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:56:51 -0600 (CST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1712191855060.24885@nuc-kabylake> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b38f36d7-be4f-8cc4-208e-f0778077a063@oracle.com>
On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, Rao Shoaib wrote:
> > > mm/slab_common.c
> > It would be great to have separate patches so that we can review it
> > properly:
> >
> > 1. Move the code into slab_common.c
> > 2. The actual code changes to the kfree rcu mechanism
> > 3. The whitespace changes
> I can certainly break down the patch and submit smaller patches as you have
> suggested.
>
> BTW -- This is my first ever patch to Linux, so I am still learning the
> etiquette.
You are doing great. Keep at improving the patches and we will get your
changes into the kernel source. If you want to sent your first patchset
then a tool like "quilt" or "git" might be helpful.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-20 0:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-19 17:52 rao.shoaib
2017-12-19 19:12 ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-19 19:42 ` Rao Shoaib
2017-12-19 19:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-19 19:56 ` Rao Shoaib
2017-12-19 20:22 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-19 19:33 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2017-12-19 19:33 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-12-19 20:02 ` Rao Shoaib
2017-12-20 0:56 ` Christopher Lameter [this message]
2017-12-20 18:14 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2017-12-20 14:17 ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-19 20:41 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2017-12-19 20:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-19 21:20 ` Rao Shoaib
2017-12-20 7:31 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2017-12-19 22:12 ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-19 23:25 ` Rao Shoaib
2017-12-20 0:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-20 1:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-20 5:19 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-20 7:06 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
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