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From: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
To: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, <xi.wang@gmail.com>,
	<nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/sysctl_binary.c: improve the usage of return value 'result'
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:44:01 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <520208D1.3090102@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5201FF45.8000906@asianux.com>

>> The first one is, if you get a reply from a maintainer (especially a top
>> maintainer), try harder to understand/learn from that reply, but don't
>> keep asking why and don't keep arguing without much thinking. I think
>> what's why sometimes people are annoyed in the discussion with you.
>>
> 
> In my opinion, "understand/learn" means:
> 
>   learn the proof which the author supplied;
>   understand the author's opinion;
>   know about what the author wants to do now (especially why he intents to send/reply mail to you).
> 
> But "understand/learn" does not mean:
> 
>   familiar about the 'professional' details.
>   if each related member knows about the 'professional' details, it only need a work flow, not need discussing.
> 
> Do you think so too ?
> 
> 
> Hmm... for each reply, I think it has 3 requirements:
> 
>   1. match the original contents which we want to reply.
>   2. say opinion clearly.
>   3. provide proof.
> 
> I guess your suggestion is for 1st: if we can not understand/learn from
> the original contents, of cause, our reply can not match it.
> 
> Since discussing is thinking process, and we may get more understanding
> during thinking, so it permits to continue reply multiple times (if for
> each reply is qualified with the 3 requirements above).
> 
> 
> Have you ever seen some of my reply which misunderstand(or not learn
> enough) from original contents ?
> 
> Maybe you often saw that I continue reply multiple times for a thread,
> but I think, each reply matches the 3 requirements above.
> 

You fail to see there's a problem in you and how you frustrate people and
waste their time...

For example in this thread:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/4/405

and this therad:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/20/228

Please don't argue anymore...

Back to coding and won't reply to this thread...


  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-07  8:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-06  7:29 [PATCH] kernel/sysctl_binary.c: improve the usage of return value 'result' Chen Gang
2013-08-06 21:43 ` Andrew Morton
2013-08-06 22:11   ` Joe Perches
2013-08-07  3:53     ` Chen Gang
2013-08-06 22:13   ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-08-07  5:28     ` Chen Gang F T
2013-08-07  5:11   ` Chen Gang
2013-08-06 21:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-08-07  5:07   ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07  5:56     ` Li Zefan
2013-08-07  6:10       ` Joe Perches
2013-08-07  6:29         ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07  6:42         ` Li Zefan
2013-08-07  6:42         ` Li Zefan
2013-08-07  6:57           ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07  6:24       ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07  6:29         ` Andrew Morton
2013-08-07  6:34           ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07  7:02         ` Li Zefan
2013-08-07  8:03           ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07  8:44             ` Li Zefan [this message]
2013-08-07  9:13               ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07  7:45     ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-08-07 10:25       ` Chen Gang
2013-08-07 18:38         ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-08-08  3:19           ` Chen Gang

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