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Some 5.5 kernel development statistics

sashal — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:43:06 +0000

Your patches are usually:

1. Real fixes
2. The commit message clearly indicates they are clear fixes
3. The code is very short and has a construct which is similar to other fixes (usually adds a NULL check and such)

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tok — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:23:09 +0000

I suspected as much. Cheers for the quick update.

Some 5.5 kernel development statistics

error27 — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:24:02 +0000

I'm sort of surprised how many of my patches make it back to stable kernels. I suspect it's because my patches are one liners which are easy to apply. Maybe Sasha's machine learning system just likes the way I write commit messages.

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corbet — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:07:13 +0000

Because, well, you know, "ARM" is not the same as "Arm", and the company changed its view of capitalization a little while back. I've straightened that out and rerun the numbers; apologies for the confusion. We should have caught that one.

Two-Armed?

tok — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:49:41 +0000

Um, why are there two "Arm" entries in the 5.5 employers by-changed-lines list?

Arm 24006 3.6%
....
Arm 11817 1.8%

LWN: Comments on "Some 5.5 kernel development statistics"

Some 5.5 kernel development statistics

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Some 5.5 kernel development statistics

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Two-Armed?

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