Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-24 Thread Christopher Lameter
On Fri, 24 Aug 2018, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > > I think you can just post those for review and say that they apply on > top of xarray git? Maybe also with your own git URL with those applied > for easier access? I'm curious but also sceptical that something so > major would get picked up to mmotm

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-24 Thread Christopher Lameter
On Fri, 24 Aug 2018, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > > I think you can just post those for review and say that they apply on > top of xarray git? Maybe also with your own git URL with those applied > for easier access? I'm curious but also sceptical that something so > major would get picked up to mmotm

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-24 Thread Vlastimil Babka
On 08/22/2018 07:40 PM, Christopher Lameter wrote: > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > >> Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. The XArray provides an >> improved interface to the radix tree data structure, providing locking >> as part of the API, specifying GFP flags at

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-24 Thread Vlastimil Babka
On 08/22/2018 07:40 PM, Christopher Lameter wrote: > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > >> Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. The XArray provides an >> improved interface to the radix tree data structure, providing locking >> as part of the API, specifying GFP flags at

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-23 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Linus, On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:09:31 -0700 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > For some unfathomable reason, you have based it on the libnvdimm tree. > I don't understand at all wjhy you did that. That was partly my fault for giving not very good advice when the (quite complex) merge conflict turned

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-23 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Linus, On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:09:31 -0700 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > For some unfathomable reason, you have based it on the libnvdimm tree. > I don't understand at all wjhy you did that. That was partly my fault for giving not very good advice when the (quite complex) merge conflict turned

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:23 AM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > Dan added an entirely new function here: > > http://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax.git/commitdiff/c2a7d2a115525d3501d38e23d24875a79a07e15e > > which needed to be converted to XArray. So I should have pulled in his > branch as a

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:23 AM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > Dan added an entirely new function here: > > http://git.infradead.org/users/willy/linux-dax.git/commitdiff/c2a7d2a115525d3501d38e23d24875a79a07e15e > > which needed to be converted to XArray. So I should have pulled in his > branch as a

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:43 AM Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:40 AM Christopher Lameter wrote: > > > > Is this going in this cycle? I have a bunch of stuff on top of this to > > enable slab object migration. > > No. > > It was based on a buggy branch that isn't getting

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:43 AM Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:40 AM Christopher Lameter wrote: > > > > Is this going in this cycle? I have a bunch of stuff on top of this to > > enable slab object migration. > > No. > > It was based on a buggy branch that isn't getting

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:00:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 7:50 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > So, should I have based just on your tree and sent you a description of > > what a resolved conflict should look like? > > Absolutely. > > Or preferably not rebasing at

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:00:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 7:50 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > So, should I have based just on your tree and sent you a description of > > what a resolved conflict should look like? > > Absolutely. > > Or preferably not rebasing at

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:40 AM Christopher Lameter wrote: > > Is this going in this cycle? I have a bunch of stuff on top of this to > enable slab object migration. No. It was based on a buggy branch that isn't getting pulled, so when I started looking at it, the pull request was rejected

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:40 AM Christopher Lameter wrote: > > Is this going in this cycle? I have a bunch of stuff on top of this to > enable slab object migration. No. It was based on a buggy branch that isn't getting pulled, so when I started looking at it, the pull request was rejected

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Christopher Lameter
On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. The XArray provides an > improved interface to the radix tree data structure, providing locking > as part of the API, specifying GFP flags at allocation time, eliminating > preloading, less re-walking the

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-22 Thread Christopher Lameter
On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. The XArray provides an > improved interface to the radix tree data structure, providing locking > as part of the API, specifying GFP flags at allocation time, eliminating > preloading, less re-walking the

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-21 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 7:50 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > So, should I have based just on your tree and sent you a description of > what a resolved conflict should look like? Absolutely. Or preferably not rebasing at all, just starting from a good solid base for new development in the first

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-21 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 7:50 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > So, should I have based just on your tree and sent you a description of > what a resolved conflict should look like? Absolutely. Or preferably not rebasing at all, just starting from a good solid base for new development in the first

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-21 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 07:09:31PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 9:14 AM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. > > So this merge window has been horrible, but I was just about to start > looking at it. > > And no. I'm not going to

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-21 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 07:09:31PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 9:14 AM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. > > So this merge window has been horrible, but I was just about to start > looking at it. > > And no. I'm not going to

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-21 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 9:14 AM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. So this merge window has been horrible, but I was just about to start looking at it. And no. I'm not going to pull this. For some unfathomable reason, you have based it on the libnvdimm

Re: [GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-21 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 9:14 AM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. So this merge window has been horrible, but I was just about to start looking at it. And no. I'm not going to pull this. For some unfathomable reason, you have based it on the libnvdimm

[GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Hi Linus, Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. The XArray provides an improved interface to the radix tree data structure, providing locking as part of the API, specifying GFP flags at allocation time, eliminating preloading, less re-walking the tree, more efficient iterations and not

[GIT PULL] XArray for 4.19

2018-08-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Hi Linus, Please consider pulling the XArray patch set. The XArray provides an improved interface to the radix tree data structure, providing locking as part of the API, specifying GFP flags at allocation time, eliminating preloading, less re-walking the tree, more efficient iterations and not