linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Change judgment len position

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Message-ID: <20181025010310.GE32577@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:03:10 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, wanghaifine@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change judgment len position

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:28:11AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-10-24 at 10:10 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Wang Hai <wanghaifine@...il.com>
> > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 23:47:29 +0800
> > 
> > > To determine whether len is less than zero, it should be put before 
> > > the function min_t, because the return value of min_t is not likely 
> > > to be less than zero.
> []
> > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c

[snip obviously broken patch]

> > You can't be serious?
> 
> I'm not personally taken aback by this but
> there is the new Code of
> Conduct to consider.
> 
> John McEnroe earned quite a bit of his
> reputation as an 'enfant terrible' via a
> similar statement.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0hK1wyrrAU
> 
> Perhaps a different word choice next time in
> reply to submitters of ill-considered and/or
> defective patches could be useful.

Please tell me we are being Poe'd...