linux-kernel - Re: MD-RAID: Use seq_putc() in three status functions?

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Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:01:46 +0200
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Guoqing Jiang <gqjiang@...e.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Joe Perches <coupons@...ches.com>,
        Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>,
        Neil Brown <neilb@...e.com>, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        Tomasz Majchrzak <tomasz.majchrzak@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, kbuild-all@...org,
        ltp@...ts.linux.it
Subject: Re: MD-RAID: Use seq_putc() in three status functions?

On 10/17/2016 01:43 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>>>> See above. At the moment _any_ test result from your side would do.
>>>
>>> I imagine that another single result might not be representative.
>>
>> Publish not only results but also everything (complete!) so that anyone
>> can *easily* follow it to check and reproduce the results - especially
>> if you want people with knowledge of other architectures to comment
>> (otherwise they probably won't bother).
> 
> Am I the only software developer so far who would dare to reconsider
> implementation details from three status functions?
> 
No.
But we're waiting for you showing is that it is an improvement.
Which at the moment we don't see.
Hence we're waiting from a proof or validation from your side.

Cheers,

Hannes
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