Re: Follow-up on Linux-kernel code accessibility
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Jan 09 2026 - 13:31:53 EST
On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 09:58:58AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:34:14 -0800
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Had you instead sent me a separate email asking about this constant,
> > I would likely have just answered. I would imagine that Joel would have
> > done the same in response to your asking him.
>
> OK so this is part of the contention here. This thread turned slightly away
> from the original topic and moved towards the importance of commenting
> code, at least for me. But if you were still discussing this as a
> requirement document of some kind, then the comment on the "3" is out of
> scope.
Thank you!
And I should re-emphasize that I really would like to see things that
add more robustness to the Linux kernel, including things that allow
it to be used in more demanding application areas.
I just want those things to be maintainable. Easy for me to say,
I know! ;-)
Thanx, Paul