Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: oprofile/nmi_int.c: Drop unwanted sexual reference

2018-07-12 Thread Lars Kurth
> On 12 Jul 2018, at 15:49, Wei Liu wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 03:41:55PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> This is not really very nice. >> >> I don't understand the technical details here but `violence' is >> probably fair. The word `violence' is often used metaphorically in a >>

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: oprofile/nmi_int.c: Drop unwanted sexual reference

2018-07-12 Thread George Dunlap
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Wei Liu writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: oprofile/nmi_int.c: Drop > unwanted sexual reference"): >> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 03:41:55PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> > - /* We walk a thin line between la

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: oprofile/nmi_int.c: Drop unwanted sexual reference

2018-07-12 Thread Ian Jackson
Wei Liu writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: oprofile/nmi_int.c: Drop unwanted sexual reference"): > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 03:41:55PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > - /* We walk a thin line between law and rape here. > > + /* We walk a thin line between law and

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: oprofile/nmi_int.c: Drop unwanted sexual reference

2018-07-12 Thread Wei Liu
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 03:41:55PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > This is not really very nice. > > I don't understand the technical details here but `violence' is > probably fair. The word `violence' is often used metaphorically in a > technical context so I think it's probably OK for use in this

[Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: oprofile/nmi_int.c: Drop unwanted sexual reference

2018-07-12 Thread Ian Jackson
This is not really very nice. I don't understand the technical details here but `violence' is probably fair. The word `violence' is often used metaphorically in a technical context so I think it's probably OK for use in this way. IMO this patch should be backported to all maintained trees.