Re: [PATCH 00/40] Memory allocation profiling

From: James Bottomley
Date: Wed May 03 2023 - 08:34:47 EST


On Wed, 2023-05-03 at 05:57 -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 11:50:51AM +0200, Petr Tesařík wrote:
> > If anyone ever wants to use this code tagging framework for
> > something
> > else, they will also have to convert relevant functions to macros,
> > slowly changing the kernel to a minefield where local identifiers,
> > struct, union and enum tags, field names and labels must avoid name
> > conflict with a tagged function. For now, I have to remember that
> > alloc_pages is forbidden, but the list may grow.
>
> Also, since you're not actually a kernel contributor yet...

You have an amazing talent for being wrong. But even if you were
actually right about this, it would be an ad hominem personal attack on
a new contributor which crosses the line into unacceptable behaviour on
the list and runs counter to our code of conduct.

James