Re: [patchset] rewrite of initializer handling

[Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>]

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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Al Viro wrote:
>> 	Current tree handling of initializers is rather incomplete
>> and in many cases broken.  Patchset rewrites that stuff pretty much
>> from scratch; AFAICS it works.
> 
> Josh - you may already be aware of it, but I thought I'd point it out 
> anyway: when Al Viro sends me a patch (or set of patches), I personally 
> just realize that a superior intellect has contacted me, told me I'm 
> wrong, and given me the keys to fix it.
> 
> IOW, Al's patches tend to be a good point to just say "Oh, ok, I was a 
> moron for ever writing anything else, thank you for not pointing it out 
> any more impolitely and not chewing my head off", and then just applying 
> or pulling them.
> 
> Which is not to say that I've never gotten a patch without a bug in it 
> from Al, but I've never seen Al do something that wasn't fundamentally the 
> "Right Thing(tm)" to do.
> 
> IOW, Al is one of those few people where I can just close my eyes and say 
> "yup, I'll apply it" without even bothering to look at the patch.

Yeah, I've observed the same thing from activity in both the kernel community
and the Sparse community.  I still look at the patches, but primarily so I
can understand them and learn something from them, not because I expect to
find anything wrong. :)

- Josh Triplett


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