Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 May 2020 07:36:16 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: Please can I have a stable KCSAN branch for 5.8? |
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On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 02:28:17PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > Hi TIP folks, > > I'm looking to rebase my READ_ONCE() series [1] on top of the KCSAN patches > so that we can get them in for 5.8. However, tip/locking/kcsan seems to be > missing some bits: > > * An update to checkpatch.pl to warn about missing comments for > data_race(): > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200401101714.44781-1-elver@google.com
For some reason, I thought this was going up some other tree, but I do not see it in -next. So unless I hear otherwise, I will pull it into the v5.8 kcsan branch.
> * I'm unable to apply these two patches from Marco that are needed for > my READ_ONCE() work: > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200424154730.190041-1-elver@google.com/ > > I think these depend on stuff that has been queued by Paul, and appears > in linux-next, but to be honest with you I'm quite confused about what > is queued for 5.8 and what isn't.
This one is queued, but I currently have it in the v5.9 pile (but tentatively for v5.8). Unless Marco tells me otherwise, I will move it to the v5.8 branch, which will be part of my pull request next week.
> What's the best base for me to use?
The -next tree has the latter, but not yet the former.
Hopefully we can get this straightened out, and please accept my apologies for the hassle!
Thanx, Paul
> Cheers, > > Will > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200421151537.19241-1-will@kernel.org
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