Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964854AbWIQKEI (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:04:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964855AbWIQKEI (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:04:08 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33504 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964854AbWIQKEF (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:04:05 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 Subject: Re: [patch] kprobes: optimize branch placement From: Mike Galbraith To: karim@opersys.com Cc: Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Mathieu Desnoyers , Jes Sorensen , Roman Zippel , tglx@linutronix.de, Paul Mundt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Ingo Molnar , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Tom Zanussi , ltt-dev@shafik.org, Michel Dagenais , fche@redhat.com In-Reply-To: <450CABE8.9050106@opersys.com> References: <20060915200559.GB30459@elte.hu> <20060915202233.GA23318@Krystal> <450BCAF1.2030205@sgi.com> <20060916172419.GA15427@Krystal> <20060916173552.GA7362@elte.hu> <20060916175606.GA2837@Krystal> <20060916191043.GA22558@elte.hu> <20060916193745.GA29022@elte.hu> <20060916202939.GA4520@elte.hu> <20060916204342.GA5208@elte.hu> <450C7039.20208@opersys.com> <20060916155704.ef425542.akpm@osdl.org> <450CABE8.9050106@opersys.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:15:21 +0000 Message-Id: <1158495321.4691.64.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1096 Lines: 25 On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 21:59 -0400, Karim Yaghmour wrote: > Andrew Morton wrote: > > It's hardly rocket science - it appears that nobody has ever bothered. > > Hmm, that's one explanation. The other explanation, which in my view is > the likelier -- but I've been shown wrong before, is that most of those > who went through that code before just didn't have Ingo's insight and > abilities. Which goes to show what can be achieved when "interesting" > ideas are given a hand by those having appropriate insight and > abilities -- and, of course, what fate awaits those other ideas which > are less so fortunate in the eyes of the talented. Praise the lord for > the chosen ones. (that bit after the last -- is a steaming pile of nastiness) I don't understand your reaction. If roles were reversed, would you not examine the implementation? -Mike - 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/