Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751674AbZIWM0T (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:26:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751105AbZIWM0S (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:26:18 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:38481 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750808AbZIWM0S (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:26:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:25:30 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Avi Kivity Cc: Daniel Walker , Jonathan Corbet , Raistlin , Peter Zijlstra , claudio@evidence.eu.com, michael@evidence.eu.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, johan.eker@ericsson.com, p.faure@akatech.ch, Fabio Checconi , Dhaval Giani , Steven Rostedt , Tommaso Cucinotta Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] SCHED_EDF scheduling class Message-ID: <20090923122530.GB6390@elte.hu> References: <1253615424.20345.76.camel@Palantir> <1253625878.6575.34.camel@desktop> <20090922173916.257dff1d@tpl.lwn.net> <1253663739.4317.12.camel@desktop> <20090922180611.7a47adcc@tpl.lwn.net> <1253666423.25689.30.camel@desktop> <4ABA0AA6.3010408@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ABA0AA6.3010408@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 739 Lines: 19 * Avi Kivity wrote: >> discouraging contributions is more something that happens when you >> get the responses I got earlier in this thread.. > > That's probably intentional. Whitespace fixes have their place but > not at this stage in a patch's lifecycle. Exactly. What might make sense is to scan linux-next for new commits that show serious cleanliness trouble - and send fix patches to the parties involved. That's a real effort and brings the code forward. Ingo -- 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/