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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tile: support GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:02:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121024060222.GA20007@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFyYD2jvD3+TSe=GhBgg5UQt2RNFdYf6HGiKRX-xWzFmdw@mail.gmail.com>


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> It is spelled:
> >>
> >>   git notes add -m <comment> SHA1
> >
> > Cool!
> 
> Don't use them for anything global.
> 
> Use them for local codeflow, but don't expect them to be 
> distributed. It's a separate "flow", and while it *can* be 
> distributed, it's not going to be for the kernel, for example. 
> So no, don't start using this to ack things, because the acks 
> *will* get lost.

I'd also add a small meta argument: that it would be actively 
wrong to *allow* 'belated' acks to be added. In practice acks 
are most useful *before* a commit gets created and they often 
have a mostly buerocratic role afterwards.

So we should encourage timely acks (which actually help 
development), and accept ack-less patches as long as they are 
correct and create no problems. More utility, less buerocracy. 
Incorrect, ack-less patches causing problems will get all the 
flames they deserve.

Thanks,

	Ingo

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-24  6:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2012-10-23 20:47               ` [PATCH] tile: support GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE Thomas Gleixner
2012-10-23 20:51                 ` Jeff King
2012-10-23 21:09                   ` Catalin Marinas
2012-10-23 21:22                     ` Jeff King
2012-10-24 11:18                       ` Catalin Marinas
2012-10-23 21:25                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2012-10-23 21:47                     ` Jeff King
2012-10-23 22:06                       ` Marc Gauthier
2012-10-23 22:23                         ` Jeff King
2012-10-24  6:02                           ` Johannes Sixt
2012-10-24  1:02                     ` Linus Torvalds
2012-10-24  1:56                       ` Al Viro
2012-10-24  2:14                         ` Linus Torvalds
2012-10-24  6:02                       ` Ingo Molnar [this message]

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