linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] IDE fixes

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Date:	Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:25:40 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] IDE fixes

On Sunday 07 June 2009 21:09:47 Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Bartlomiej,
> 
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:
> >> > My honest opinion is that it is as appropriate now as it will be 2.6.31.
> >> >
> >> > [ I'm still amazed by the amount of *completely* bogus reasons given for
> >> >  not merging it. ]
> >>
> >> I don't consider this a bogus reason at all:
> >>
> >>  10 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> >
> > Since when do we validate code quality based solely on LOC changed? :)
> 
> Since when we entered -rc8 (or even earlier).

To be perfectly clear on this:

* all patches were posted a week ago to the list (they replaced patches
  from two weeks ago -- which were intended for -rc8 but thanks to feedback
  I found a better way to do it).

> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:
> > I'm yet to see anybody posting a single code chunk in this whole discussion.
> 
> That's because I am not objecting to the code. I am objecting to the
> fact that you're submitting something as big as this so late in the
> release cycle and the fact that it's not a clear-cut bug fix.

That is a valid objection in contrast to some other ones.

Still, changes are really *safe*:

* fs/partitions/check.c change is straight-forward
  (doesn't affect anything besides ide-gd)

* ide-gd changes are making it similar in HPA behavior to libata
  (which is what most distributions are shipping)
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