From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262289AbVFUT7G (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:59:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262285AbVFUT5R (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:57:17 -0400 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:42173 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262281AbVFUT4o (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:56:44 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:56:43 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Hans Reiser Cc: Andi Kleen , Alexander Zarochentcev , vs , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: -mm -> 2.6.13 merge status Message-ID: <20050621195642.GD14251@wotan.suse.de> References: <20050620235458.5b437274.akpm@osdl.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <42B86027.3090001@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42B86027.3090001@namesys.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 11:44:55AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > vs and zam, please comment on what we get from our profiler and spinlock > debugger that the standard tools don't supply. I am sure you have a > reason, but now is the time to articulate it. > > We would like to keep the disabled code in there until we have a chance > to prove (or fail to prove) that cycle detection can be resolved > effectively, and then with a solution in hand argue its merits. How about the review of your code base? Has reiser4 ever been fully reviewed by people outside your group? Normally full review is a requirement for merging. -Andi