Re: EINTR for fsync(2)

["Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi Mathnerd314,

On 2/1/22 00:17, Mathnerd314 wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 1:44 PM Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> <alx.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Mathnerd314:  Thanks for the report!  It's useful to CC the relevant
>> kernel developers when reporting non-trivial bugs such as this one.
>> They know better than we do.  :)
> 
> Ah, but then I would have had to know that this is a non-trivial
> question, as opposed to a 2-line patch.

It's very subjective.  But when it's a technical bug about very specific
knowledge, they know better than us.  When it's a typo or a formatting
issue in the manual page, it's trivial. ;)

> And CC'ing kernel developers
> is not mentioned on
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html.

Hmm, yes, I should fix that.  Thanks!

> 
> Oh well, there's always next time.

Yup, don't worry, I meant it for next time.  Anyway, it's easy for me to
add them to the CC if you don't or forget.

> 
> -- Mathnerd314

Cheers,

Alex

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