Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:
I want to see real numbers from real issues.
I want to see real numbers from real issues.
A "increment percpu value" simply isn't relevant. I want to hear about _real_ uses, and real numbers.
to hear about _real_ uses, and real numbers.
This has been going on for long enough, that if there *still* are no actual real users, then I'm *still* not interested in having this merged.
merged.
Because without real-world uses, it's not obvious that there won't be somebody who goes "oh, this isn't quite enough for us, the semantics are subtly incompatible with our real-world use case".
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patchset.I want to see real numbers from real issues.
I want to see real numbers from real issues.
A "increment percpu value" simply isn't relevant. I want to hear about _real_ uses, and real numbers.
to hear about _real_ uses, and real numbers.
This has been going on for long enough, that if there *still* are no actual real users, then I'm *still* not interested in having this merged.
merged.
Because without real-world uses, it's not obvious that there won't be somebody who goes "oh, this isn't quite enough for us, the semantics are subtly incompatible with our real-world use case".