Re: [PATCH] mm:Make the function zap_huge_pmd bool

[nick <xerofoify@gmail.com>]

On 2015-07-03 12:49 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2015 at 11:03:11AM -0400, nick wrote:
>>
>> The reason I am doing this is Ted is trying to find a bug that I
>> fixed in order to prove to Greg Kroah Hartman I have
>> changed. Otherwise I would be pushing this through the drm
>> maintainer(s).
> 
> I am trying to determine if you have changed.  Your comment justifying
> your lack of testing because "it's hard to test" is ample evidence
> that you have *not* changed.
> 
> Simply coming up with a commit that happens to be correct is a
> necessary, but not sufficient condition.  Especially when you feel
> that you need to send dozens of low-value patches and hope that one of
> them is correct, and then use that as "proof".  It's the attitude
> which is problem, not whether or not you can manage to come up with a
> correct patch.
> 
> I've described to you what you need to do in order to demonstrate that
> you have the attitude and inclinations in order to be a kernel
> developer that a maintainer can trust as being capable of authoring a
> patch that doesn't create more problems than whatever benefits it
> might have.  I respectfully ask that you try to work on that, and stop
> bothering me (and everyone else).
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 						- Ted
> 
Ted,
I agree with you 100 percent. The reason I can't test this is I don't have the
hardware otherwise I would have tested it by now.
Nick

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