linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] MSI portability cleanups

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:26:18 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...isc-linux.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Brice Goglin <brice@...i.com>, shaohua.li@...el.com,
	linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] MSI portability cleanups


* Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:

> I'm not arguing against an operations based approach.  I'm arguing for 
> simple obviously correct steps, and not throwing the baby out with the 
> bath water.
> 
> My patches should be a precursor to an operations based approach
> because they are simple step from where we are now.

yeah. I'd say your approach is to go from A to B:

  [A] -----------------------------------------------------> [B]
                                                              |
                                                             [C]

while there might be some other arguments that "no, lets go to C 
instead", i say lets not throw away the already implemented and already 
working and nicely layered [A]->[B] transition, just because there's an 
argument whether the end result should be 'B' or 'C'. Unless someone who 
wants to see 'C' produces a patchset that walks the whole way i dont see 
any reason to not go with your patchset. It clearly removes alot of 
cruft.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/