From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761619AbXGKKhE (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:37:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759647AbXGKKgy (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:36:54 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:41926 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1759108AbXGKKgx (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:36:53 -0400 Cc: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, aarora@in.ibm.com, ak@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:36:52 +0200 From: "Michael Kerrisk" In-Reply-To: <4694A58A.8020401@yahoo.com.au> Message-ID: <20070711103652.58230@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20070710013152.ef2cd200.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070710090737.GA16519@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> <20070710022213.81e7b432.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070710154503.GC27033@thunk.org> <20070710180531.GB8908@osiris.ibm.com> <20070710114119.d8e874a1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070711093626.GB19061@infradead.org> <4694A58A.8020401@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: testcases, was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23 -- sys_fallocate To: Nick Piggin , hch@infradead.org X-Authenticated: #2864774 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 6100 (Global Message Exchange) X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18irwk2c3wiC0i6cIzNeGuPTJCRfIxTo1Wachaoo1 VopS0j9By9RKxmiWWLQKU2kl73kOzM76Durg== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-GMX-UID: 84qhcvRcRkkNffLMWGRq2SBudWkvKFMC Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:41:19AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > >>I'd support an ununofficial rule that submitters of new syscalls also > >> raise a patch against LTP, come to that... > > > > > > s/ununofficial//, please. And extend this to every new kernel interface > > that's not bound to a specific piece of hardware. > > Agree, and cc manpages maintainer too? (preferably write most > of the manpage body as well, IMO). Yes, please. Docs written by, or with input from, the implementer provide one of the few ways for everyone else to spot differences between implementation and intention. -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser