linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] process fixes for v5.4-rc2

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Message-ID: <20191004173823.3q3ik6azezuqykpq@wittgenstein>
Date:   Fri, 4 Oct 2019 19:38:24 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] process fixes for v5.4-rc2

On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 10:24:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 2:40 AM Christian Brauner
> <christian.brauner@...ntu.com> wrote:
> >
> > This pull request contains a couple of fixes:
> 
> Pulled.
> 
> Small note: it is sad, and I'm ashamed of my life, but to me "process"
> these days is about development process rather than about a group of
> threads sharing a VM.
> 
> I know, I know. I feel like a (shudder) manager. But when I see a pull
> request for "process fixes", my mind goes to documentation about our
> processes for pull requests and sending patches etc.

Well, there are an aweful lot of mails about development process
recently...

> 
> You don't need to change anything in your life or emails - you've got
> it right - but this just explains why your pull request is now labeled
> "clone3/pidfd fixes" in my tree, and why it might be better to talk to
> me about "treads" rather than processes.

Noted. Next pr will be "thread".

Christian