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Message-ID: <519D34D4.1010402@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 May 2013 23:12:52 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PING^7 (was Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Corrections and customization
 of the SG_IO command whitelist (CVE-2012-4542))

Il 22/05/2013 22:39, Tejun Heo ha scritto:
> Hey,
> 
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 05:53:34PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> I do listen to review feedback, but I also expect the other side to
>> listen to me, ask me what is not clear, and possess some knowledge of
>> the domain that he's reviewing patches for.  All of which, quite
>> frankly, I have not seen in this case.
> 
> Heh, nice one.  As we've talked on RH mailing list, I don't doubt this
> has been a pretty bad experience for you but it also has been one of
> the worst review experiences for me too.

I can imagine.  Sorry about that.

> I'm not saying you don't listen to reviews at all but the reception
> definitely feels very low-gain.

Frankly, I can say the same with s/reviews/explanations/...

> Anyways, at this point, the easiest way to make forward progress is
> completely separating out security fix from the rest along with the
> "count me out" knob, which should be able to cover most of the
> described use cases anyway.  Let's please do further modifications to
> the filtering table as a separate step.

Okay, we seem to have reverted (both of us) to a more civil tone, and I
appreciate setting a way forward.

I'll send three separate series in the next few days.  I guess it's okay
to send the common patch twice.

Paolo
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