On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 08:48:12AM -0800, Tim Hockin wrote: > > I am sorry that real-user problems are not perceived as substantial. This > > was/is a real issue for us. Being in limbo for years on end might not be a > > technical point, but I do think it matters, and that was my point. > > It's a problem which is localized to you and caused by the specific > problems of your setup. This isn't a wide-spread problem at all and > the world doesn't revolve around you. If your setup is so messed up > as to require sticking to 16bit pids, handle that locally. If > something at larger scale eases that handling, you get lucky. If not, > it's *your* predicament to deal with. The rest of the world doesn't > exist to wipe your ass.
Wow, so much anger. I'm not even sure how to respond, so I'll just say this and sign off. All I want is a better, friendlier, more useful system overall. We clearly have different ways of looking at the problem. No antagonism intended Tim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
