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From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [FOR REVIEW, PATCH 2/2] introduce "struct wait_opts" to simplify do_wait() pathes
Date: Thu,  7 May 2009 00:49:30 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090507074931.01E5EFC39E@magilla.sf.frob.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Oleg Nesterov's message of  Thursday, 7 May 2009 09:40:03 +0200 <20090507074003.GA17688@redhat.com>

> I must admit, I do not agree. I feel the opposite. Yes we have 2 repeated
> assignment blocks, but there are not exactly equal, and imho the difference
> is more visible this way.

Ok, whatever.

> That said. This is not the technical issue, I can't "prove" I am right and
> of course I may be wrong. I think we should follow the "maintaner is always
> right" rule ;)
> 
> I'll send this change as another cleanup on top of the new series.

Nah.  The "he who wrote the last patch is the real maintainer" rule is
better.  If the theoretical pitfalls I imagine ever materialize under our
feet, I'll tell everybody it was your fault (git will, anyway). ;-)


Thanks,
Roland

      reply	other threads:[~2009-05-07  7:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-06  5:33 Oleg Nesterov
2009-05-06  7:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-07  6:41   ` Oleg Nesterov
2009-05-07  7:54     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-09 16:15       ` Oleg Nesterov
2009-05-11 10:53         ` Andy Whitcroft
2009-05-11 12:43           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-06 20:09 ` Roland McGrath
2009-05-07  6:45   ` Oleg Nesterov
2009-05-07  7:20     ` Roland McGrath
2009-05-07  7:40       ` Oleg Nesterov
2009-05-07  7:49         ` Roland McGrath [this message]

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