Subject: Re: linux-next: left over things in linux-next after 2.6.28-c1

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:16:51 -0700

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 04:37:15PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > tests
> > 
> > 	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli (7):
> > 	      Add tests/ directory
> > 	      Move locking selftests to tests/
> > 	      Move rcutorture to tests/
> > 	      Move rtmutex tester to tests/
> > 	      Move lkdtm to tests/
> > 	      Move kprobes smoke tests to tests/
> > 	      Move backtrace selftests to tests/
> 
> I have almost given up on this.
> Three merge attemps failed for different reasons,
> and I will not even have time for my maintainership
> duties the next months.
> 
> Anyone that can bring it forward?

What are the reasons this is failing?  Is it just moving different files
around into the tests/ directory?  Or is it new functionality here?

If just moving stuff, is that really needed?

thanks,

greg k-h