Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v12 00/18] Enable FSGSBASE instructions | From | Don Porter <> | Date | Thu, 28 May 2020 13:40:16 -0400 |
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Hi Thomas,
On 5/28/20 6:29 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >> Until recently, we were doing proof-of-concept research, not product >> development, and there are limited hours in the day. I also hasten to >> say that the product of research is an article, the software artifact >> serves as documentation of the experiment. In contrast, the product of >> software development is software. It takes significant time and effort >> to convert one to the other. Upstreaming code is of little scientific >> interest. But things have changed for our project; we had no users in >> 2015 and we are now un-cutting corners that are appropriate for research >> but inappropriate for production. For a research artifact with an >> audience that knew the risks, we shipped a module because it was easier >> to maintain and install than a kernel patch. > > I understand that and with a big fat warning and documentation from > start I wouldn't have complained so vehemently.
This is a fair point. We will fix this ASAP, and I will be more careful about this going forward.
> > Sorry for that innuendo. Now that my anger and general frustration about > this whole disaster have calmed down, I surely would not write that > again.
I appreciate you saying so. Thank you.
I can also understand how frustrating the history was with this feature, and we missed an opportunity to help sooner. There is a lot I still don't understand about the process of merging and testing patches in this community, but if it makes sense for us to help now, we would be willing.
-Don
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