Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ranjeet Shetye" <> | Subject | RE: [STUPID] Best looking code to transfer to a t-shirt | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:20:43 -0800 |
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I vote for "panic ()" in kernel/panic.c
The panic output makes my heart sink everytime single time.
If only the Linux kernel had something as heart-warming as FreeBSD's "diediedie ()". :D
Ranjeet Shetye Senior Software Engineer
> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of > William Lee Irwin III > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:39 PM > To: Maciej Soltysiak > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [STUPID] Best looking code to transfer to a t-shirt > > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 02:25:09PM +0100, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > > I am in a t-shirt transfering frenzy and was wondering > which part of > > the kernel code it would be best to have on my t-shirt. I > was looking > > at my favourite: netfilter code, but it is to clean, short > and simple > > functions, no tons of pointers, no mallocs, no hex numbers, > too many > > defines used. I was looking for something terribly complicated and > > looking awesome to the eye. How about we have a poll of the most > > frightening pieces of the kernel ? What are your ideas? > > sheer bulk: include/asm-ia64/sn/sn2/shub_mmr.h > most typedefs: > include/asm-ia64/sn/sn2/shub_mmr_t.h > bizarre (and ugly) idiom: fs/devfs/*.c > just plain ugly: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c > really crusty-looking: drivers/char/*tty*.c > terrifying ultra-legacyness: drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c > fishiness: drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c > why so much code?: drivers/char/dz.c > highly cleanup-resistant: mm/slab.c > unusual preprocessor games: kernel/cpufreq.c > contrived inefficiency: > fs/proc/inode.c:proc_fill_super() > > Bill > - > 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/
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