Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946551AbXBQKCO (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:02:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946596AbXBQKCO (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:02:14 -0500 Received: from relay.2ka.mipt.ru ([194.85.82.65]:43822 "EHLO 2ka.mipt.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946551AbXBQKCN (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:02:13 -0500 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:02:00 +0300 From: Evgeniy Polyakov To: "Cyrill V. Gorcunov" Cc: linux-kernel-list Subject: Re: [patch 05/11] syslets: core code Message-ID: <20070217100159.GA15971@2ka.mipt.ru> References: <20070215181059.GC20997@2ka.mipt.ru> <20070215190413.GA23953@2ka.mipt.ru> <20070216085706.GA22868@2ka.mipt.ru> <20070216160525.GA21160@2ka.mipt.ru> <2c0942db0702160853s18f650ccsa7270c047d94a41b@mail.gmail.com> <20070216165854.GA18522@2ka.mipt.ru> <20070216202036.GA10190@cvg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070216202036.GA10190@cvg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (2ka.mipt.ru [0.0.0.0]); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:02:10 +0300 (MSK) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1570 Lines: 38 On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:20:36PM +0300, Cyrill V. Gorcunov (gorcunov@gmail.com) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 07:58:54PM +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > | Absolutely. > | And if overall system design is good, there is no problem to change > | (well, for those who fail to read to the end and understand my english > | replace 'to change' with 'to create and commit') interface to the state > | where it will satisfy all (majority of) users. > | > | Situations when system is designed from interface down to system ends up > | with one thread per IO and huge limitations on how system is going to be > | used at all. > | > | -- > | Evgeniy Polyakov > > I'm sorry for meddling in conversation but I think Linus misunderstood > you. If I'm right you propose to "create and commit" _new_ interfaces > only? I mean _changing_ of interfaces exported to user space is > very painfull... for further support. Don't swear at me if I wrote > something stupid ;) Yes, I only proposed to change what Ingo has right now - although it is usable, but it does suck, but since overall syslet design is indeed good it does not suffer from possible interface changes - so I said that it can be trivially changed in that regard that until it is committed anything can be done to extend it. > -- > > Cyrill -- Evgeniy Polyakov - 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/