From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755018AbYIPODD (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:03:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751707AbYIPOCv (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:02:51 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:37959 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751583AbYIPOCt (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:02:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:02:41 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Theodore Tso Cc: Adrian Bunk , Jarek Poplawski , Thomas Bogendoerfer , David Miller , jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [git patches] net driver fixes Message-ID: <20080916070241.3e8d5202@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20080916135408.GB13388@mit.edu> References: <20080916104811.GC7397@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080916114305.GB10965@ff.dom.local> <20080916121528.GD7397@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080916135408.GB13388@mit.edu> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:54:08 -0400 Theodore Tso wrote: > If it's a really important bug, and it affects a huge number of users, > or it's really bad security bug, the reality is that exceptions will > be made to the rules. But exceptions need to remain exceptions for > extraordinary situations, not everyday occurrences. And of course, if > the bug does affect a huge number of users, someone should be asking > the question why it wasn't detected sooner, say before the last merge > window --- and to ask the question how many users is this bug really > going to affect anyway? > > At least, that's my take on things, > also note that Linus said "regression or on the kerneloops list"; if it has any kind of backtrace, it'll be there if it's a common problem that hits many users. -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org