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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Gabriel Devenyi <devenyga@mcmaster.ca>
Cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KernelJanitor: Convert remaining error returns to return -E Linux 2.5.68
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 00:11:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030505221146.GA227@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200304292311.24117.devenyga@mcmaster.ca>

Hi!

> It was intended to do exactly what the KernelJanitor TODO and kj.pl script 
> pointed out, but aparently there's more to it than that. (BTW it just says 
> "sed s/return EWHATEVER/return -EWHATEVER/") Discouraging people with foul 
> language isn't the best way to get more developers, this is only my first 
> try.

That's Al Viro, it seems. He is hidding his real name? He's always
like that, and his flames are actually pretty nice reading. [And if
you did not even try to compile/boot that kernel, you deserve them.]


								Pavel

-- 
When do you have a heart between your knees?
[Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]

  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-05 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-29 22:15 [PATCH] KernelJanitor: Convert remaining error returns to return -E Linux 2.5.68 Gabriel Devenyi
2003-04-29 22:32 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-04-29 23:08   ` Gabriel Devenyi
2003-04-30  0:22     ` Dave Jones
2003-04-29 22:42 ` viro
2003-04-29 23:11   ` Gabriel Devenyi
2003-05-05 22:11     ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2003-05-05 22:22       ` viro
2003-05-05 22:33         ` Martin Mares
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-04-29 23:11 Randy.Dunlap
2003-04-30  0:02 ` viro
2003-04-30  0:25   ` John Levon
2003-04-30 14:19   ` Dave Kleikamp
2003-05-01  4:12   ` Randy.Dunlap

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