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From: Andrew Morton
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}
Date: Monday, September 10, 2007 - 2:23 am

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:08:08 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:


fucking except fucking we fucking exported fucking it fucking so fucking
they fucking used fucking it.  fucking.

Hey, this would be easier with a sed script!  And it so improves the
communication!


Well that's why I agreed that we should remove those exports.


I would like to see "everyone" explain what we lose by giving developers a
bit of warning before we break their stuff.


And it would need to be a good explanation, Christoph.  A measured one
which recognises and then weighs the tradeoffs involved, and the costs.  An
inebriated-sounding rant will not impress, sorry.
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[-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Sep 9, 1:25 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Christoph Hellwig, (Sun Sep 9, 1:39 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Andrew Morton, (Sun Sep 9, 2:59 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Sep 9, 3:22 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Arjan van de Ven, (Sun Sep 9, 3:41 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Sep 9, 4:18 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Christoph Hellwig, (Mon Sep 10, 2:08 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Andrew Morton, (Mon Sep 10, 2:23 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Mon Sep 10, 5:03 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, David Miller, (Mon Sep 10, 5:18 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Christoph Hellwig, (Mon Sep 10, 5:21 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Alan Cox, (Mon Sep 10, 5:31 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Al Viro, (Mon Sep 10, 5:43 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Sep 10, 8:14 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Andrew Morton, (Mon Sep 10, 10:25 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Alan Cox, (Mon Sep 10, 10:44 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Andrew Morton, (Mon Sep 10, 10:54 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Mon Sep 10, 12:58 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Andrew Morton, (Mon Sep 10, 1:17 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Rene Herman, (Mon Sep 10, 3:15 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Mon Sep 10, 3:18 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Mon Sep 10, 3:41 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Rene Herman, (Mon Sep 10, 3:56 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Greg KH, (Thu Sep 13, 4:23 pm)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Adrian Bunk, (Tue Sep 18, 7:10 am)
Re: [-mm patch] unexport sys_{open,read}, Dave Jones, (Tue Sep 25, 2:17 pm)