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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate UAPI
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 07:05:33 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121206120532.GA14100@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFzgP29WfB1yvnj+Q9-TsbX+b-TCCjTS_vPJ16DxMy6aDQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 07:45:39AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote:
> >
> > Linus, while I am interested in an answer I think that Dave and Christoph
> > as Linux filesystem developers actually deserve one (instead of silently
> > being ignored which is also a decision in this matter).
> >
> > I did not see an answer in linux-2.6 commit log as of today so far.
> 
> Christ guys. This whole thread is retarded.
> 
> The *ONLY* reason people seem to have for reverting that is a "ooh, my
> feelings are hurt by how this was done, and now I'm a pissy bitch and
> I want to get this reverted".
> 
> Stop the f*cking around already.
> 
> If you want something reverted, you show me the *technical* reason for
> it. Not the "ooh, I'm so annoyed by how this was done" reason for it.
> 
> And if your little feelings got hurt, get your mommy to tuck you in,
> don't email me about it. Because I'm not exactly known for my deep
> emotional understanding and supportive personality, am I?

No, the problem is that the thing is not just a) wrong, but b) only made
it in through sneaky ways.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-06 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-19 23:04 [PATCH] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate UAPI Dave Chinner
2012-11-20 16:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-11-26  0:28 ` [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] " Dave Chinner
2012-11-26  2:55   ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-11-26  6:14     ` Tao Ma
2012-11-26  9:12     ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-05 10:48       ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-05 15:45         ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-05 16:18           ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-05 16:33             ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-05 17:24               ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-05 17:34                 ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-05 17:55                   ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-06  0:42                   ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-06  9:24                     ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-05 18:25             ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-06  1:14               ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-06  3:03                 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-06  9:37                   ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-07  1:08                     ` Ingo Molnar
2012-12-07  2:40                       ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-07 10:24                       ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-12-06 12:06                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-12-06 16:50                   ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-07  1:57                     ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-06 12:05           ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2012-12-07  1:16             ` Ingo Molnar
2012-12-07  3:19               ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-07 17:36               ` Ric Wheeler
2012-12-07 18:18                 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-12-07 19:03                   ` Chris Mason
2012-12-07 20:43                     ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-07 21:09                       ` Chris Mason
2012-12-07 21:27                         ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-07 21:43                           ` Chris Mason
2012-12-07 21:49                             ` Ric Wheeler
2012-12-07 21:57                               ` Chris Mason
2012-12-07 22:51                                 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-12-07 22:52                                 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-12-07 21:42                         ` Ric Wheeler
2012-12-07 21:57                           ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-07 22:02                             ` Ric Wheeler
2012-12-08  0:39                               ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-08  2:52                                 ` Joel Becker
2012-12-08  4:04                                   ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-08  0:17                     ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-08  1:39                       ` Chris Mason
2012-12-10 16:02                         ` Chris Mason
2012-12-10 17:37                       ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-10 18:05                         ` Steven Whitehouse
2012-12-10 18:13                           ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-10 18:20                             ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-11 12:16                               ` Steven Whitehouse
2012-12-11 22:09                                 ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-10 18:52                         ` Ric Wheeler
2012-12-11  0:52                         ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-07 19:30                   ` Steven Rostedt
2012-12-07 21:14                     ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-12-07 21:47                       ` Ric Wheeler
2012-12-07 23:25                         ` Howard Chu
2012-12-08  0:50                           ` Dave Chinner
2012-12-08 13:52                             ` Howard Chu
2012-12-08 14:02                               ` Ric Wheeler
2012-12-07 22:01                       ` Eric Sandeen
2012-12-09 21:37                       ` Ric Wheeler
2012-11-26 11:53     ` Alan Cox
2012-11-26 14:43       ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-11-26 21:12       ` Dave Chinner
2012-11-27 13:44         ` Martin Steigerwald

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