Re: [PATCH 01/71] arc: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros
From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Date: 2016-03-20 22:21:27
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2016, Linus Torvalds wrote:
On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Hm. Okay. Re-split this way would take some time. I'll post updated patchset tomorrow.Oh, I was assuming this was automated with coccinelle or at least some simple shell scripting.. Generally, for things like this, automation really is great. In fact, I like it when people attach the scripts to the commit message, further clarifying exactly what they did (even if the end result then often includes manual fixups for patterns that didn't _quite_ match, or where the automated script just generated ugly indentation or similar).
Fine by me to make these changes - once upon a time I had a better grip than most of when and how to use PAGE_CACHE_blah; but have long lost it, and agree with all those who find the imaginary distinction now a drag. Just a plea, which I expect you already intend, to apply these changes either just before 4.6-rc1 or just before 4.7-rc1 (I think I'd opt for 4.6-rc1 myself), without any interim of days or months in linux-next, where a period of divergence would be quite tiresome. Holding back Kirill's 71/71 until the coast is clear just a little later. Thanks, Hugh -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>