linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip 0/3] expedited "big hammer" RCU grace periods

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0906250944511.3605@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:47:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 0/3] expedited "big hammer" RCU grace periods



On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> Our general preference is to zap code.
> 
> /me stares at:
> 
>   $ git diff --stat -M v2.6.30..v2.6.31-rc1 | tail -1
>   7743 files changed, 782278 insertions(+), 403162 deletions(-)
> 
> /me corrects himself:

Yes. Our general preference is to zap code, if only because it's so damn 
unusual.

When one out of a hundred patches actually has more removals than 
additions, we make a big deal out of it ("Look - I actually simplified 
things"). For the 99 other patches we never size in polite company.

Oh well. But every time we add lines, we do it with the _best_ intentions.

		Linus
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