Re: [GIT PULL] process fixes for v5.4-rc2

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Fri Oct 04 2019 - 13:38:28 EST


On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 10:24:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 2:40 AM Christian Brauner
> <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This pull request contains a couple of fixes:
>
> Pulled.
>
> Small note: it is sad, and I'm ashamed of my life, but to me "process"
> these days is about development process rather than about a group of
> threads sharing a VM.
>
> I know, I know. I feel like a (shudder) manager. But when I see a pull
> request for "process fixes", my mind goes to documentation about our
> processes for pull requests and sending patches etc.

Well, there are an aweful lot of mails about development process
recently...

>
> You don't need to change anything in your life or emails - you've got
> it right - but this just explains why your pull request is now labeled
> "clone3/pidfd fixes" in my tree, and why it might be better to talk to
> me about "treads" rather than processes.

Noted. Next pr will be "thread".

Christian