From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752341AbcDUNX2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Apr 2016 09:23:28 -0400 Received: from tex.lwn.net ([70.33.254.29]:42456 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752103AbcDUNX0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Apr 2016 09:23:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:23:23 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Cao jin Cc: , , Subject: Re: [PATCH] hrtimers: doc cleanup Message-ID: <20160421072323.7afb27b4@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <5718AAA5.1080305@cn.fujitsu.com> References: <1461229794-3654-1-git-send-email-caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> <20160421035606.619dee77@lwn.net> <5718AAA5.1080305@cn.fujitsu.com> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:25:41 +0800 Cao jin wrote: > > This change is incorrect - "unacceptable" is exactly what the writer > > wanted to say here. > > > *it cannot be 'designed out' without inevitably degrading other portions > of the timers.c code in an unacceptable way* > > equals > > *it can be 'designed out' ... in an acceptable way*, I think. > > So, just from semantics, my feeling is, *it cannot be 'designed out' in > an acceptable way* is the reason why integration is hard. Am I still wrong? The original author, clearly, was talking about the degradation being unacceptable. It seems clear enough, I don't think that change should be made. Thanks, jon