Re: [PATCH] SMP alternatives

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

On Čt 26-01-06 12:17:26, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> >> Can you include the patch in -mm to give it some testing?  Then merge
> >> maybe for 2.6.17?  Posted last time in december, with nobody complaining
> >> any more about the most recent version.  The patch is almost unmodified
> >> since, I've only had to add a small chunk due to the mutex merge.
> >> Description is below, the patch (against -rc1-git4 snapshot) is
> >> attached.
> > 
> > Well, I'm not 100% convinced this is really good idea.. It increases
> > complexity quite a lot.
> 
> Well, we have alternatives for quite some time already, this is just an
> extension of the existing bits ...

Like... during suspend we hot-unplug all but one cpu. Patching code at
that point is quite unneccessary...

> > Oh and please inline patches.
> 
> Whats wrong with "Content-Disposition: inline" attachments?  The risk
> they get whitespace-mangeled is much lower then.  Also mailers display
> them inline and also quote them on reply so you can easily comment them.
>  At least mutt and thunderbird do that.  If your mailer doesn't file a
> bug ;)

Consensus on lkml is to inline patches. Content-disposition: inline is
commonly accepted as not-too-evil, and my mailer (mutt) usually
honours that, but something in your mail tripped it.

								Pavel
-- 
Thanks, Sharp!
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