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> > And you want millions of users to have kernels with weird extra functions
> > whole sole value is one test environment you wish to run
> > 
> We are talking about 4 lines of code that other people find useful too
> and they commented in this thread. This wouldn't be the first kernel
> feature not used by millions of people.

It wouldn't be the first completely dumb mistake in the kernel either,
but one dumb mistake doesn't argue for including others