From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751038AbWGQWgJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:36:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751096AbWGQWgI (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:36:08 -0400 Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.164]:24315 "EHLO pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751038AbWGQWgH (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:36:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:36:08 +0200 From: Voluspa To: nagar@watson.ibm.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Patch 3/3] delay accounting: temporarily enable by default Message-Id: <20060718003608.89867837.lista1@comhem.se> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.6 (GTK+ 2.4.13; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2006-07-17 21:56:03 Shailabh Nagar wrote: > Enable delay accounting by default so that feature gets coverage testing > without requiring special measures/ It's bloody hot in Sweden right now, and this is no Cool Aid. > Earlier, it was off by default and had to be enabled via a boot time > param. This patch reverses the default behaviour to improve coverage > testing. If it hasn't already received enough testing, what's it doing here? > It can be removed late in the kernel development cycle if its > believed users shouldn't have to incur any cost if they don't want > delay accounting. We bloody well shouldn't have. > Or it can be retained forever if the utility of the > stats is deemed common enough to warrant keeping the feature on. It bloody well shouldn't be. Corporate bloat should be hidden and buried below 45 metres of disgusting cow dung so that innocent users don't get smelled up. Mvh Mats Johannesson