From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754564AbaEFUHw (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 16:07:52 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-f52.google.com ([74.125.83.52]:63536 "EHLO mail-ee0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751529AbaEFUHv (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 16:07:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 22:07:38 +0200 From: Richard Cochran To: Andi Kleen Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org, David Miller , andi@firstfloor.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional Message-ID: <20140506200738.GA17813@netboy> References: <20140506032114.GP2382@two.firstfloor.org> <20140505.232327.578134514220748085.davem@davemloft.net> <20140506155703.GA20391@cloud> <20140506.115941.428706504757835279.davem@davemloft.net> <20140506164108.GA20536@cloud> <20140506191447.GB4137@netboy> <20140506195049.GO19657@tassilo.jf.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140506195049.GO19657@tassilo.jf.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 12:50:49PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > So I think Dave is right > > in rejecting anything that compromises the _quality_ of the stack. > > I don't think anything I removed compromised quality (modulo bugs) > It's still a more-features-than-your-typical-BSD TCP/IP stack But Dave seems to think so. My (obvious?) point is, if you make the stack different, and not just smaller by omitting optional features, then that defeats the point of wanting the Linux stack in the first place. Thanks, Richard