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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:49:36 +0100 From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> To: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com> CC: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Linux Kernel Developers <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: warning: massive change to conditional coding style in net? William Allen Simpson a écrit : > Joe Perches wrote: >> If it makes getting tcp cookies accepted difficult, >> a reversion is simple. That style isn't as important. >> > Then why make an *un*important (yet sweeping) change? Because this is time : We usually makes cleanup patches just before the release of a new linux kernel, to minimize effects on developer trees. We know linux-2.6.32 is about to be released by Linus, and all major 2.6.33 patches are already queued in net-next-2.6 to be pushed to Linus as soon as the window opens. This is the perfect time for cleanups. Doing cleanups is a good way to learn linux code, before doing more complex things. If you take a look at queued patches in net-next-2.6, maybe less than 5 % are cleanups. But this rule can be changed, if your patches are ready for inclusion, David might revert the jumbo cleanup to ease your job. Just ask. -- 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/
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