From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCH] tile: support GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD and GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:02:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20121024060222.GA20007@gmail.com> References: <20121019213548.GR2616@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <5082A1F1.3080303@tilera.com> <20121020153401.GT2616@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20121020171643.GU2616@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <5086D432.4070008@tilera.com> <20121023184122.GZ2616@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20121023205119.GA27729@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Jeff King , Al Viro , Chris Metcalf , LKML , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Catalin Marinas , git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano To: Linus Torvalds X-From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 24 08:02:44 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: glk-linux-kernel-3@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TQu3A-0008Nw-04 for glk-linux-kernel-3@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:02:44 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757683Ab2JXGC3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:02:29 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:57238 "EHLO mail-wg0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757499Ab2JXGC1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:02:27 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f44.google.com with SMTP id dr13so147774wgb.1 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:02:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=7dH/4Yb1Nz1EoiX8ghhqgcIZ0gWtjdcJACnlbRPXffQ=; b=B47dglT0yWUyHPSofrHVb1xYULE4863RISo+I6vKBZClP7ALOcS8lLzXBMT9gguOoN 0nDXXPlimbqU9389AjXJW+hy7W20YdNmDLx9lBFshUvZbUaPOYwKMfvmFmFx1ISIrltj lPd59AHsQsayDbtLgt5oc2LyZqDm5VFc/bWdDx7VSt99PLVqAcQCkds1+hv0voJgq7sF 9KjiSJPu0cYuMDewdlAvdg0Kbv9lFvJA4tJIXDiirk/Xo5BHMyLDHHPB/EL6SsVE0e81 esrX10ePX92/+Qt6PD4ZFy+yy0JGPA7mGdCM6NVyI0FpZsw9wvzWzG/ETM4oCqoR01Jf uQ0Q== Received: by 10.180.90.201 with SMTP id by9mr3247246wib.5.1351058546344; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:02:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com (2E6BC28D.catv.pool.telekom.hu. [46.107.194.141]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bn7sm2973481wib.8.2012.10.23.23.02.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: * Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > >> > >> It is spelled: > >> > >> git notes add -m 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