From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752904AbaEFRZG (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 13:25:06 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:41674 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751825AbaEFRZE (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 13:25:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 13:25:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20140506.132501.331724703594119414.davem@davemloft.net> To: josh@joshtriplett.org Cc: eric.dumazet@gmail.com, andi@firstfloor.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20140506172106.GB20776@cloud> References: <20140506164546.GB20536@cloud> <20140506.131752.740569380523989782.davem@davemloft.net> <20140506172106.GB20776@cloud> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.3 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 06 May 2014 10:25:04 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: josh@joshtriplett.org Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 10:21:06 -0700 > On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 01:17:52PM -0400, David Miller wrote: >> From: josh@joshtriplett.org >> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 09:45:46 -0700 >> >> > The kernel can do the same. Consider the idea of analyzing a set of >> > userspace programs, determining what kernel functionality they do and >> > don't need, feeding that information into the kernel build process, and >> > automatically dropping unused bits of the kernel. >> >> Please make sure I'm not on the list of people who see reports for >> bugs reported in that setup. >> >> Thanks :-) > > Fine by me. Just please allow such a setup to exist. :) You see, that's the point I'm trying to make, once it's upstream then it's my problem. You absolutely must consider the burdon you put upon upstream maintainers when you ask for things to be included.