linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.29

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Message-ID: <49CE3186.8090903@garzik.org>
Date:	Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:17:42 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
CC:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rees <drees76@...il.com>, Jesper Krogh <jesper@...gh.cc>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.29

Stefan Richter wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Mark Lord wrote:
> [store browser session]
>>> fsync() isn't going to affect that one way or another
>>> unless the entire kernel freezes and dies.
>>  ...which is one of the three common crash scenarios listed (and
>> experienced in the field).
> 
> To get work done which one really cares about, one can always choose a
> system which does not crash frequently.  Those who run unstable drivers
> for thrills surely do it on boxes on which nothing important is being
> done, one would think.

Once software is perfect, there is definitely a lot of useless crash 
protection code to remove.

	Jeff



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