KernelTrap - Linus Torvalds

Quote: The Real Bug

Jeremy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:38:36 +0000

"The _real_ bug is clearly in the hardware design that allows you to brick those things without apparently even having a lock bit. I'm hoping Intel doesn't treat this as just a software bug. Some hw designer should be thinking hard about which orifice they put their head up in."

Quote: Maybe I'm Overly Pessimistic

Jeremy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:53:07 +0000

"The C standard will eventually support concurrency (they are working on it), and it will almost inevitably be a horrible pile of stinking sh*t, and we'll continue to use the gcc inline asms instead, but then the gcc people will ignore our complaints when they break the compiler, and say that we should use the stinking pile-of-sh*t ones that are built in.

Quote: Very Hacky Indeed

Jeremy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:45:39 +0000

"The delta cache was really a huge hack that just turned out rather successful. It's been hacked on further since (to do some half-way reasonable replacement with _another_ hack by adding an LRU on top of it), but it really is very hacky indeed."

Quote: Bloat Is Bloat

Jeremy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:46:32 +0000

"The default value should be 'off', unless it's _needed_ by people. Have you guys looked at the size of the kernel lately? Bloat is bloat. Just because it's conditional is not an excuse."

Quote: We Cannot Keep Old Reports Open

Jeremy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:08:06 +0000

"If a reporter doesn't respond to say 'it's still open', it needs to be closed. It doesn't matter one whit whether there has been developer action on it or not. We cannot keep old reports open - it's a total waste for developers to even _look_ at anything that is more than roughly a month old and hasn't been verified to be still be an issue."

Quote: Not An Optimistic Enough Dad

Jeremy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:30:06 +0000

"Looking at the code it's apparently because I'm not an optimistic enough dad. But hey, if you had three pre-teenage girls, you might not be all that optimistic either."