netdev - Re: [PATCH] unix_diag: use netlink attribute MAX convention

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Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:07:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	shanwei88@...il.com, xemul@...allels.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] unix_diag: use netlink attribute MAX convention

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:56:09 -0700

> Do you expect the one utility to use it to have a workaround for
> a broken initial version.

I'm not taking that risk.

They thought the same exact thing when they did the autofs struct size
compat fix, and it turned out to break things.

Stephen I have an awesome suggestion for you if you want to avoid this
in the future, review iproute2 patches more aggressively so you can
catch things like this earlier.  Like, when we can actually still
safely change things.

Because currently you let patches rot in patchwork.  There's an
iproute2 patch in there assigned to you which is 3 months old, that
simply isn't how this is supposed to work.

I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but you don't stay on top of
patchwork like you should.  The object is not to let patches just
rot in "Under Review" state for months.

Either you apply them as soon as possible, or you mark them
appropriately as "Changes Requested" or "Deferred" so that the
submitter makes appropriate fixes you've asked for, or resubmits when
it's more appropriate for the change to go in.

"Under Review" doesn't mean, "I'm waiting for a kernel release with
the feature".  But that's how you use it.
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