From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 036C41FCC7 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2017 19:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753569AbdBITbw (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2017 14:31:52 -0500 Received: from mail-pg0-f66.google.com ([74.125.83.66]:34004 "EHLO mail-pg0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753524AbdBITbu (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Feb 2017 14:31:50 -0500 Received: by mail-pg0-f66.google.com with SMTP id v184so1054627pgv.1 for ; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:31:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=WYZprg+62njNI3e8B/9CxIxZho8COxFKVpNjLFLtOcE=; b=LJYR5QpAHHt8IE/guI3AmeOk3j9zkduz3WL293LO8eyPPjvW+fW3djEYoKjBsjImOl X3a+/8pi1KR7PJLeZWS+I/mYPe/M4l9WBldZQR+CjxKuQESvcbMnSBKpIFeyzJiI6IXX sSAyZi6G2Ogu/hX3ff3Z79FuuVVq3fVMQhlvxFKLIj/NHpy+rViz6t1bLSQNjVXKwGPm lUV9lsBQWLbMhaLm5IwvGMBBMgsfrLDOo82lsbuRoQKVmGFNvY1+XXdpAtLU6LFlM+Gy 3WqcviULFznnrt5+uIt8AgiMjgh/9DdL323/TEQJ6CBXKOHMCvOIbkE/3ICPPm53nxCt /JNw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=WYZprg+62njNI3e8B/9CxIxZho8COxFKVpNjLFLtOcE=; b=jIZROkIkxgsixSK1W4KprtWscabIfDaObsiUA5NNf5O0oaeLm2YRPaM46g9v0r0mfQ T0ibQdcL8noAk3wL0pfhFBxhUsg33eT1lGATSV5Lz1UpluLT+YRdonugHXkg3nOZus2h lDy8uds95WCqbaVyhQevQY6l5hCgqyWdLrBSh+Gz66W6BybrRYvYb+xAXR5Jz7I5JM5P HMQSGLmfFc5yfxHw2ZHAWkodqnITRkT9EPLvoDM+zkYuz6CspB/ln2aDv6r+L1zgdEkm hw85eNueLwr/SP/6EINh2iwo2GHGyjLB7HxYS1VxOHaFJ/bAp8pR3xuqODBsDMjAseGg lbdg== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39neWPVTjz7BNTiCQdAly18UITBV035iNjHuXvt8lkUSw/cKlIWB6veMJaxvhlj6Bw== X-Received: by 10.98.71.7 with SMTP id u7mr5570981pfa.76.1486668707810; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:31:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2620:0:1000:8622:704f:61dd:c9f4:9782]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z77sm30960486pfk.47.2017.02.09.11.31.46 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:31:46 -0800 (PST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Brandon Williams Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, sbeller@google.com, pclouds@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Revamp the attribute system; another round References: <20170123203525.185058-1-bmwill@google.com> <20170128020207.179015-1-bmwill@google.com> <20170209171804.GA61274@google.com> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:31:46 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20170209171804.GA61274@google.com> (Brandon Williams's message of "Thu, 9 Feb 2017 09:18:04 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Brandon Williams writes: > At least v3 gets the attribute system to a state where further > improvements should be relatively easy to make. And now as long as each > thread has a unique attr_check structure, multiple callers can exist > inside the attribute system at the same time. There is still more work > to be done on it though. Still my biggest complaint is the "direction" > aspect of the system. I would love to also eliminate that as global > state at some point though I'm not sure how at this point. We are in agreement 100% ;-) The "direction" was the last thorn I was fighting with (without successfully coming up with a usable solution) when I stopped working on my original series before Stefan took it over.