linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v4.6

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFw6N6+ZdJjt_BkNanfFp+bo7L0qUjCxZELWzdhp5MTVcg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:58:19 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v4.6

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Good point!  I will send a pull of the documentation commits that do not
> involve Documentation/RCU/Design.

Note that I have no objections what-so-ever with the html in the
Design doc directory: I think using html and svg's to do the boxes and
things is fine. Using html and svg's because you can do better
graphics for showing real technical relationships is absolutely
*fine*.

What I object to is "cute". We had a cartoonish jpeg at some point
(maybe it's still there, I didn't check), and now the quizzes with the
html filtering and checking in both versions etc.

I think "cute" may well be fine for doing presentations etc.

But I don't think it's something we want in the kernel sources, and it
absolutely isn't when it adds big files (whether they be duplicate
info or jpeg's) or special non-standard file formats.

It ends up being actively detrimental to disseminating the
information, because of the conversion scripts, or because it's just
distracting.

                  Linus