On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:02:24 +0100
Steven Whitehouse <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > include/linux/fs.h | 3
> > > include/linux/iflags.h | 102
> > > include/linux/kernel.h | 1
> > > mm/filemap.c | 3
> > > mm/readahead.c | 1
> >
> > And while we're at it, please don't push core change as part of a subsystem
> > tree ever. They should go into clearly marked and separately patches via
> > -mm.
>
> Ok, I'm quite happy to do that. They are pretty minor changes, but the
> usual argument is that such changes are not acceptable until there is
> something in the kernel that makes use of them, and they have to happen
> one way around or the other,
There's no 100% comfortable solution to this. Steven presumably needs
those changes present in his tree so he can test.
What I usually suggest is that the developer get the core changes reviewed
on-list at an early stage and then explicitly flag their presence in the
covering description when sending the please-pull email.
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