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Merge window opens, kgdb mergedMerge window opens, kgdb mergedPosted Apr 19, 2008 15:20 UTC (Sat) by muwlgr (guest, #35359)Parent article: Merge window opens, kgdb merged
It seems that x86 tree gets bloated (look at 117->136 KLOC step). Where are those famous code removers, so praised in LWN articles ? Would be great if they get their hands at the issue ... :>
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Merge window opens, kgdb merged Posted Apr 19, 2008 15:36 UTC (Sat) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link] My thought exactly: I was expecting the merge to _reduce_ the code by, say, 20-30%... Any knowledgeable person care to explain?
Merge window opens, kgdb merged Posted Apr 19, 2008 17:12 UTC (Sat) by mingo (subscriber, #31122) [Link] the linecount jump in the code-quality table was because KVM was merged into the x86 tree under arch/x86/kvm/ and the lguest code was merged under arch/x86/lguest. also, we've got a new sub-architecture, more debug features such as kgdb, etc. etc. - each of which is extra code. Since v2.6.24-rc1 (which was the first big unification step with 600 unification patches) there were more than 1600 commits in arch/x86/. Every time we reduce size with a unification some new feature eats it up ;-) All in one: life didnt stop with unification :-)
Merge window opens, kgdb merged Posted Apr 19, 2008 19:58 UTC (Sat) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link] Thanks a lot :) Doesn't this mean that the error/kloc figure is a bit biased then? Although the conclusion remains the same: it decreased. Anyway, I do trust you clever people do the Right Thing, as the quality of my environment as a whole clearly shows. I just love Linux :)
Merge window opens, kgdb merged Posted Apr 19, 2008 22:55 UTC (Sat) by adobriyan (guest, #30858) [Link] > Doesn't this mean that the error/kloc figure is a bit biased then?What errors are you talking about? Nastygrams that even checkpatch.pl itself calls "WARNING"s?
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