Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759899AbZANCMU (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:12:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754285AbZANCML (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:12:11 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:51545 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752599AbZANCMK (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:12:10 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:10:52 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com cc: Roland McGrath , Andrew Morton , kernel list , Ulrich Drepper , Vegard Nossum , "linux-man@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_waitid: return -EFAULT for NULL In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20090113224759.7DFB7FC3DD@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20090113224941.36F19FC3DD@magilla.sf.frob.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 902 Lines: 24 On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > It isn't an extension. It's an accident. Bah. It doesn't matter. It's an ABI. Your arguments make no sense - simply because there are other differences that means that if you develop under one OS, you can't expect it to run on another. Arguing that "accident" is somehow different than "extension" is a totally inane and _idiotic_ argument. Because it's just arguing about the words, not about the end result. If you're doing a dissertation in English literature, arguing about the words you use is valid. But if you're talking about operating systems, it's just pointless masturbation. 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/