timerfd() and system call review [LWN.net]

timerfd() and system call review

Posted Aug 20, 2007 5:08 UTC (Mon) by landley (guest, #6789)
In reply to: timerfd() and system call review by mkerrisk
Parent article: timerfd() and system call review

I could see a separate API list, for discussing JUST API issues and not
implementation, which stuff could get cc'd to the way I cc stuff to
linux-doc. (Things just get buried and lost on linux-kernel.)

But adding more layers of bureaucracy seldom improves a process, and
inflicting bureaucracy on volunteers makes them go away. (We added
signed-off-by for _tracking_ purposes, in response to a clear and present
danger the nature of which was a lawsuit.)

Adding additional layers of verification and certification before
something can be merged is never how Linux has done stuff. Linus still
accepts some patches directly, when you can get his attention...

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