linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] proc_pid_fdinfo.5: Reduce indent for most of the page

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Message-ID: <Zya6ApewCZQNEfJb@riva.ucam.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 23:47:14 +0000
From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@...ian.org>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@...il.com>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-man@...r.kernel.org, groff@....org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] proc_pid_fdinfo.5: Reduce indent for most of the
 page

On Sat, Nov 02, 2024 at 10:36:20PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> This is quite naive, and will not work with pages that define their own
> stuff, since this script is not groff(1).  But it should be as fast as
> is possible, which is what Colin wants, is as simple as it can be (and
> thus relatively safe), and should work with most pages (as far as
> indexing is concerned, probably all?).

I seem to be being invoked here for something I actually don't think I
want at all, which suggests that wires have been crossed somewhere.  Can
you explain why I'd want to replace some part of a fairly well-optimized
and established C program with a shell pipeline?  I'm pretty certain it
would not be faster, at least.

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson@...ian.org]