From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io0-f200.google.com (mail-io0-f200.google.com [209.85.223.200]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 573476B0038 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:56:54 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-io0-f200.google.com with SMTP id a87so6505663ioj.7 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:56:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from resqmta-ch2-12v.sys.comcast.net (resqmta-ch2-12v.sys.comcast.net. [2001:558:fe21:29:69:252:207:44]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g64si2094251ite.49.2017.12.19.16.56.53 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:56:53 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:56:51 -0600 (CST) From: Christopher Lameter Subject: Re: [PATCH] kfree_rcu() should use the new kfree_bulk() interface for freeing rcu structures In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1513705948-31072-1-git-send-email-rao.shoaib@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Rao Shoaib Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, brouer@redhat.com, linux-mm@kvack.org 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. -- 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