From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 0/3] expedited "big hammer" RCU grace periods Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:47:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20090624164535.GA13334@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20090624180303.GE7576@elte.hu> <20090624184423.GK6779@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20090625095953.GC29980@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, davem@davemloft.net, dada1@cosmosbay.com, zbr@ioremap.net, jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com, paulus@samba.org, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, jengelh@medozas.de, r000n@r000n.net, benh@kernel.crashing.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca To: Ingo Molnar Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090625095953.GC29980@elte.hu> Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Our general preference is to zap code. > > /me stares at: > > $ git diff --stat -M v2.6.30..v2.6.31-rc1 | tail -1 > 7743 files changed, 782278 insertions(+), 403162 deletions(-) > > /me corrects himself: Yes. Our general preference is to zap code, if only because it's so damn unusual. When one out of a hundred patches actually has more removals than additions, we make a big deal out of it ("Look - I actually simplified things"). For the 99 other patches we never size in polite company. Oh well. But every time we add lines, we do it with the _best_ intentions. Linus