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

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Message-ID: <20081218224905.2bc81664@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:49:05 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	mpm@...enic.com (Matt Mackall), davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop scaring users with "treason uncloaked!"

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:44:32 +1100
Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:

> 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.

It was changed. The printer on fire ? bit was adjusted to make it clear
because the original message *did* confuse and worry a few people.

IMHO Matt is right on this.

Alan
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