From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Dumazet Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] Remove the ipv4 routing cache Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:05:59 +0200 Message-ID: <1342821959.2626.8052.camel@edumazet-glaptop> References: <20120720.142502.1144557295933737451.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com ([209.85.212.172]:43905 "EHLO mail-wi0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751618Ab2GTWGF (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:06:05 -0400 Received: by wibhm11 with SMTP id hm11so1001547wib.1 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:06:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120720.142502.1144557295933737451.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 14:25 -0700, David Miller wrote: > [ Ok I'm going to be a little bit cranky, and I think I deserve it. > > I'm basically not going to go through the multi-hour rebase and > retest process again, as it's hit the point of diminishing returns > as NOBODY is giving me test results but I can guarentee that > EVERYONE will bitch and complain when I push this into net-next and > it breaks their favorite feature. If you can't be bothered to test > these changes, I'm honestly going to tell people to take a hike and > fix it themselves. I simply don't care if you don't care enough to > test changes of this magnitude to make sure your favorite setup > still works. > > To say that I'm disappointed with the amount of testing feedback > after posting more than a dozen iterations of this delicate patch > set would be an understatement. I can think of only one person who > actually tested one iteration of these patches and gave feedback. > > And meanwhile I've personally reviewed, tested, and signed off on > everyone else's work WITHOUT DELAY during this entire process. > > I've pulled 25 hour long hacking shifts to make that a reality, so > that my routing cache removal work absolutely would not impact or > delay the patch submissions of any other networking developer. And > I can't even get a handful of testers with some feedback? You > really have to be kidding me.. ] Hmm, ok, please give me few hours to make some tests ;)