Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756374AbZCUWI1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:08:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751970AbZCUWIS (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:08:18 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:43058 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751399AbZCUWIR (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:08:17 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:02:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" cc: Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Roland McGrath , Steven Rostedt , utrace-devel@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] utrace-based ftrace "process" engine, v2 In-Reply-To: <20090321215145.GB5262@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <20090321013946.890F4FC3AB@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20090321014244.9ADF1FC3AB@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20090321074301.GA19384@elte.hu> <20090321013912.ed6039c9.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090321091235.GA29678@elte.hu> <20090321041954.72b99e69.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090321115141.GA3566@redhat.com> <20090321050422.d1d99eec.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090321154501.GA2707@elte.hu> <20090321143413.75ead1aa.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090321215145.GB5262@redhat.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: 1175 Lines: 32 On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > > > If testing utrace against its main application requires installation > > of a complete enterprise distro from a distro [...] > > This has *never* been a requirement. You guys are getting off a tangent. Let's go back to the post that started this all. > The thing is, utrace crashes in Fedora have dominated kerneloops.org > for many months, so i'm not sure what to make of the idea of posting > a 4000+ lines of core kernel code patchset on the last day of the > development cycle, a posting that has carefully avoided the Cc:-ing > of affected maintainers ;-) .. and dammit, I agree 100%. If utrace really shows up in _any_ way on kerneloops.org, then I think THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION in this thread is moot. I'm not going to take known-bad crap. It's that simple. Don't bother posting it, don't bother discussing it, don't bother making excuses for it. 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/