Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:49:36 +0100 | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Subject | Re: warning: massive change to conditional coding style in net? |
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William Allen Simpson a écrit : > Joe Perches wrote: >> If it makes getting tcp cookies accepted difficult, >> a reversion is simple. That style isn't as important. >> > Then why make an *un*important (yet sweeping) change?
Because this is time :
We usually makes cleanup patches just before the release of a new linux kernel, to minimize effects on developer trees.
We know linux-2.6.32 is about to be released by Linus, and all major 2.6.33 patches are already queued in net-next-2.6 to be pushed to Linus as soon as the window opens.
This is the perfect time for cleanups. Doing cleanups is a good way to learn linux code, before doing more complex things.
If you take a look at queued patches in net-next-2.6, maybe less than 5 % are cleanups.
But this rule can be changed, if your patches are ready for inclusion, David might revert the jumbo cleanup to ease your job. Just ask.
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