Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750707AbVI1SFs (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:05:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750708AbVI1SFs (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:05:48 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:9956 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750707AbVI1SFr (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:05:47 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:03:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Paul Jackson cc: kurosawa@valinux.co.jp, taka@valinux.co.jp, magnus.damm@gmail.com, dino@in.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ckrm-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset read past eof memory leak fix In-Reply-To: <20050928105316.0684c7cf.pj@sgi.com> Message-ID: References: <20050908225539.0bc1acf6.pj@sgi.com> <20050909.203849.33293224.taka@valinux.co.jp> <20050909063131.64dc8155.pj@sgi.com> <20050910.161145.74742186.taka@valinux.co.jp> <20050910015209.4f581b8a.pj@sgi.com> <20050926093432.9975870043@sv1.valinux.co.jp> <20050927013751.47cbac8b.pj@sgi.com> <20050927113902.C78A570046@sv1.valinux.co.jp> <20050928092558.61F6170041@sv1.valinux.co.jp> <20050928064224.49170ca7.pj@sgi.com> <20050928105316.0684c7cf.pj@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1218 Lines: 30 On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Paul Jackson wrote: > > Too bad that first line doesn't start "Author:" instead of "From:". > Oh well - I see Andrew already suggested that, and you declined. > (You should'a listened to him ;). The "From:" rule has been implicit in my tools for a _loong_ time, and switching to "Author:" would just break the tools for no actual technical gain. Not just the tools, either, since Andrew isn't the only one who follows that From: rule - it would break "people". So you'd have to make the tools accept _both_ "From:" and "Author:", and I personally prefer an _unambiguously_ slightly misnamed thing over some "either X or Y" where X is slightly misnamed but accepted because it's the one more commonly used. It's like the unix "creat()" system call. Sure, it would make more sense to add the "e", but it wouldn't actually really _help_ anybody. As to documenting the "From:" thing - yes, we probably should. It's quite commonly used. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/