From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Josh Triplett Subject: Re: [patchset] rewrite of initializer handling Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:02:55 -0700 Message-ID: <4676C8CF.6020201@freedesktop.org> References: <20070618101929.GE21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig9532DA3DA8CC3C138F622D99" Return-path: Received: from mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.6]:58005 "EHLO mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764776AbXFRSDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:03:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org To: Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig9532DA3DA8CC3C138F622D99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > Josh - you may already be aware of it, but I thought I'd point it out=20 > anyway: when Al Viro sends me a patch (or set of patches), I personally= =20 > just realize that a superior intellect has contacted me, told me I'm=20 > wrong, and given me the keys to fix it. >=20 > 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= =20 > any more impolitely and not chewing my head off", and then just applyin= g=20 > or pulling them. >=20 > 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=20 > "Right Thing(tm)" to do. >=20 > IOW, Al is one of those few people where I can just close my eyes and s= ay=20 > "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 commu= nity 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 t= o find anything wrong. :) - Josh Triplett --------------enig9532DA3DA8CC3C138F622D99 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGdsjfGJuZRtD+evsRArqpAJoDblSma9P1Ygp4m087x1IGRF0GDwCcCBXE ngpjVx2jhhNt+I2gm3PPQ40= =eQrW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig9532DA3DA8CC3C138F622D99--