linux-kernel - Re: [patch] revert: [NET]: Fix races in net_rx

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:52:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, olaf.kirch@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [patch] revert: [NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:29:15 -0700 (PDT)

> If we knew something was wrong before the -rc1 release, all the better: we 
> can avoid havign that bug in -rc1, and the people who test it will tell us 
> about the problems we did *not* know about.
> 
> In contrast, if we leave a known bug in, that will just mean that other 
> problems won't be found either, because people get hung up on the known 
> bug.

Fair enough.
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