Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937136AbZAPUJi (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:09:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756490AbZAPUJW (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:09:22 -0500 Received: from smtp-out.google.com ([216.239.45.13]:53309 "EHLO smtp-out.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755463AbZAPUJT (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:09:19 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=beta; d=google.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to: cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding: x-gmailtapped-by:x-gmailtapped; b=Zuw8A9paunNMZPSoQCkPgJ8SxYtJixXP1qSs/+cy7oR3u4kNjU5HqIfFuq3sNH1ln JgZKNNNM2yp+HPkTQJUHQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090116.111059.205876014.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1232117771.3224.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090116090928.e43c986e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090116.111059.205876014.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:09:14 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] firs round of SCSI bug fixes for 2.6.29-rc1 From: Grant Grundler To: David Miller Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-GMailtapped-By: 172.25.146.38 X-GMailtapped: grundler Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1014 Lines: 28 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:10 AM, David Miller wrote: ... >> >> TBH, I still wouldn't implement it the way LSI maintainers did. >> I'm happy they are the maintainers and it's their call. > > They are doing things which effect the entire system, not just > their driver. So this doesn't fall under "maintainer's rights" Agreed. This case is about a debug option which is normally disabled. So most people will never see this. The thread was more about how to make the failure visible in a sane way WITHOUT the debug flag enabled. Then when the debug flag is enabled, panic the machine as well. > If they fail locally, that's fine and perfectly expected, but to take > the whole machine out is another matter altogether. Agreed. thanks, grant -- 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/