netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c: some common code found

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20090207.190053.127196059.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:00:53 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
Cc:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	chuck.lever@...cle.com, bfields@...ldses.org, trond@...app.com,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c: some common code found

From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:22:01 -0500

> My point is that the process for accepting patches into the kernel
> involves ensuring that there is consensus.

You haven't been hacking the kernel very long if you actually
believe this.

When people are being rediculious or unreasonable, subsystem
or higher maintainers make exective decisions all the time.

"revert based upon principle" ?!?!  If you think Linus will do that
for a correct change, you're kidding yourself.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html