On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:08:30 -0500 Sasha Levin <sasha.le...@oracle.com> wrote:
> Also, ping :) > > ... > > > 216 files changed, 1031 insertions(+), 1526 deletions(-) Whimper. I don't really see a sane way of avoiding a single huge atomic smash here. Normally we'd use a multistep process: 1: Create a new and differently named macro, say "sasha_is_a_pita()". 2: Convert hlist_for_each_entry() to sasha_is_a_pita() in as many sites as we can. 3: Once we think all sites are converted, delete the now-unused hlist_for_each_entry() definition. Problem is, there just isn't any other identifier we can use here apart from hlist_for_each_entry(). I suppose we could add additional steps: 4: Add hlist_for_each_entry(), which is identical to sasha_is_a_pita(). 5: Convert sasha_is_a_pita() to hlist_for_each_entry() in as many sites as we can. 6: Once we think all sites are converted, delete the now-unused sasha_is_a_pita() definition. But geeze. The alternative is to do the huge atomic smash immediately after the 3.9-rc1 release, when the amount of pending out-of-tree code is at a minimum. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
