linux-kernel - Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight

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Message-ID: <32082.1191870532@lwn.net>
Date:	Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:08:52 -0600
From:	corbet@....net (Jonathan Corbet)
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	mgross@...ux.intel.com, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight 

Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> wrote:

> > A patch which is not "worthwhile" is also not "appropriate".  Mere
> > correctness in a mathematical sense is not enough as technical review
> > criterion.
> 
> Yes, but there's also such thing as "worthwhile removal".

Good point.  So the text should probably say "worthwhile change" rather
than "worthwhile addition."  I do believe that thinking about whether
the change as a whole is a desirable thing is an important part of the
review process.

jon
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