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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] RDMA/nes: Convert timers to use timer_setup()
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2017, Doug Ledford wrote:

    > On 10/4/2017 8:45 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
    > > In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list pointer to
    > > all timer callbacks, switch to using the new timer_setup() and from_timer()
    > > to pass the timer pointer explicitly. A pointer from nesadapter back to
    > > nesdev was added.
    > >
    > > Cc: Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@intel.com>
    > > Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
    > > Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
    > > Cc: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@gmail.com>
    > > Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
    > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
    > > ---
    > > This requires commit 686fef928bba ("timer: Prepare to change timer
    > > callback argument type") in v4.14-rc3, but should be otherwise
    > > stand-alone.
    >
    > What is your intention with this, and the other RDMA related, patches?
    > Is it your intention that I should pick these up or is someone else
    > supposed to (you sent it to linux-kernel and only Cc:ed linux-rdma)?
    > Also, are you intending this to go into -rc? If so, why is it dependent
    > on a patch that didn't land until -rc3?

    That's 4.15 material and should preferrably be picked up by the relevant
    maintainers. The 4.14-rc3 reference is there just in case a maintainer tree
    is based on pre 4.14-rc3, so applying the patch would break the build.

    Thanks,

    tglx

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