Re: [PATCH -tip 0/3] expedited "big hammer" RCU grace periods

Paul E. McKenney
2009-06-25T17:54:21Z

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 09:47:02AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > Our general preference is to zap code.
> >
> > /me stares at:
> >
> > $ git diff --stat -M v2.6.30..v2.6.31-rc1 | tail -1
> > 7743 files changed, 782278 insertions(+), 403162 deletions(-)
> >
> > /me corrects himself:
>
> Yes. Our general preference is to zap code, if only because it's so damn
> unusual.
>
> When one out of a hundred patches actually has more removals than
> additions, we make a big deal out of it ("Look - I actually simplified
> things"). For the 99 other patches we never size in polite company.
>
> Oh well. But every time we add lines, we do it with the _best_ intentions.

Indeed, I must confess that my recent patch removing about 1,000 lines
of code is not all that typical of my submissions...

Thanx, Paul