netdev - Re: [PATCH] Stop scaring users with "treason uncloaked!"

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Message-Id: <E1LDRbc-0000Ro-1j@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:44:32 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	mpm@...enic.com (Matt Mackall)
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop scaring users with "treason uncloaked!"

Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com> wrote:
> These debug messages are uninformative and extremely alarming. Rather
> than reporting a peer as a treacherous attacker, report it more
> correctly as simply broken. 

What's next, you're going to remove "printer on fire" as well?
This message has been there for eons and is part of Linux lore.

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