From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver fixes Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:02:41 -0700 Message-ID: <20080916070241.3e8d5202@infradead.org> References: <20080916104811.GC7397@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080916114305.GB10965@ff.dom.local> <20080916121528.GD7397@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080916135408.GB13388@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Adrian Bunk , Jarek Poplawski , Thomas Bogendoerfer , David Miller , jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds To: Theodore Tso Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080916135408.GB13388@mit.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:54:08 -0400 Theodore Tso wrote: > If it's a really important bug, and it affects a huge number of users, > or it's really bad security bug, the reality is that exceptions will > be made to the rules. But exceptions need to remain exceptions for > extraordinary situations, not everyday occurrences. And of course, if > the bug does affect a huge number of users, someone should be asking > the question why it wasn't detected sooner, say before the last merge > window --- and to ask the question how many users is this bug really > going to affect anyway? > > At least, that's my take on things, > also note that Linus said "regression or on the kerneloops list"; if it has any kind of backtrace, it'll be there if it's a common problem that hits many users. -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org