Re: [GIT pull] timer fixes for 3.4

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2012, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> >
> > The itimer removal one is not strictly a fix, but I really wanted to
> > avoid a rebase of the urgent ones.
> 
> Btw, I think that setitimer NULL pointer removal commit is crap.
> 
> If people actually do rely on the NULL pointer thing, we're not
> "scheduling it for removal". And we most *definitely* aren't
> scheduling it for removal for some short timeframe like 3.6.
> 
> That's not how ABI's work. If it has become something people rely on,
> it now *is* part of the ABI, and no amount of "violates the spec"
> matters what-so-ever.
> 
> "The spec" is paper - and worthless. What people actually *do* is all
> that matters.

I ran it through all the various (outdated) distros I have handy and
the printk didn't show once.

I tried to figure out the reason for this NULL pointer thing, but
there is no trace of it on the intarwebs at all.

Thanks,

	tglx