linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/14] fs: don't change the address limit for ->write_iter in __kernel

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Message-ID: <20200529123239.GA28608@lst.de>
Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 14:32:39 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        NetFilter <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/14] fs: don't change the address limit for
 ->write_iter in __kernel_write

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:43:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:41 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> >
> > -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
> > +ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count,
> > +               loff_t *pos)
> 
> Please don't do these kinds of pointless whitespace changes.
> 
> If you have an actual 80x25 vt100 sitting in a corner, it's not really
> conducive to kernel development any more.

I have real 80x25 xterms, as that allows me to comfortably fit 4 of
them onto my latop screen.