[PATCH] XATTR support on JFFS2 (version. 5)

Artem B. Bityutskiy dedekind at infradead.org
Wed May 10 07:22:25 EDT 2006


On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 12:06 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> It's not even 'minor'. It's total bullshit. If you can't look at the
> function name "delete_XATTR_REF" and work out what 'ref' is in that
> context, then you really shouldn't be trying to read the code. Life is
> hard; let's go shopping.
It's not bullshit. The name of function has nothing to do here - there
are many places like that (1), the function name does not have to
correlate (2).

> I got annoyed with you when you started on stuff like this in JFFS2
> code. Don't start on the XATTR code too.
I remember - you prevented me from many clean-ups and tidy-ups.

> I do see your point to a _certain_ extent, but let's concentrate on
> things that actually matter instead, OK?
I also see your point. Sorry, but I do not agree with this strategy.
Many things which "don't matter" may start mattering sooner or later.

Thanks.





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