Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate UAPI

Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-06T09:38:01Z

Am Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2012 schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
wrote:
> > And for changes to syscalls? That's something that must be peer
> > reviewed because we are going to be stuck with those changes forever
> > as we can't undo them at a later date. It doesn't matter who made the
> > change in question, I would have done exactly the same thing....
>
> The thing that people are complaining about is exactly the reverse of
> this. It's *protecting* us from making mistakes, and doesn't actually
> add any new interfaces in itself.
>
> This is why I'm so annoyed with this stupid thread. It's been going on
> forever, and reverting that change WOULD BE OBJECTIVELY A BAD IDEA.

See, thats where you have a problem with "reality".

It seems you cannot accept the fact that some developers disliked the
process in which this change was pushed. It seems to be that you want this
thread to vanish in thin air immediately. But unfortunately it didn´t.

So while the process generally is fluid, I agree to that, it wasn´t fluid
here. Or would you call this fluid here?

I accept the fact that a decision has been made. And I am not deeply
enough into the technical matters to have to continue discussing it. I
also think all arguments have been said.

The process has been the way it is. Noted. For the future there is
potential to do it differently with less churn involved. Will you, Ted and
others involved take the chance? Up to you entirely. And depending on what
effect you want to create.

BTW: I do not buy into your tough guy number. Scare someone else with
that, if it makes you feel better about yourself. So thanks for the
factual stuff that you delivered after your first post to the thread.

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