linux-kernel - Re: [v2] proc/fd: Remove unnecessary variable initialisations in seq

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:28:11 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     Kaitao Cheng <pilgrimtao@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
Subject: Re: [v2] proc/fd: Remove unnecessary variable initialisations in
 seq_show()

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 08:22:43PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> Would you like to clarify concrete software development ideas?
> >
> > Yes.  Learn something deeply, then your opinion will have value.
> 
> The presented suggestions trigger different views by involved contributors.

Most of the views I've heard are "Markus, go away".  Do you not hear these
views?

> In which directions can the desired clarification evolve?

You could try communicating in a way that the rest of us do.  For
example, instead of saying something weird about "collateral evolution"
you could say "I think there's a similar bug here".

> How do you think about further function design alternatives?

Could you repeat that in German?  I don't know what you mean.