linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] irq/core for v5.15-rc1

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Message-ID: <87k0k2ftzy.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:27:45 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] irq/core for v5.15-rc1

On Mon, Aug 30 2021 at 14:47, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 3:44 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>>
>> Core changes:
>>
>>    - The usual set of small fixes and improvements all over the place, but nothing
>>      outstanding
>
> Heh. Welcome to the most confusing language on earth, and the
> completely different meanings of "stands out" and "outstanding".

I'm pretty sure someone told me that before, but that's one of these
English language odditites I can't memorize for whatever reason.

> I would hope that some of the fixes are outstanding (or at least good
> enough), even if none of them stand out.

AFAICT, none of them is outstanding otherwise they wouldn't be part of
that pull request.

Hmm, maybe that's the crib I should try to memorize 'outstanding'
vs. 'stands out'. I'll try :)

Thanks,

        tglx