Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocateUAPI

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 07:45:39AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Martin Steigerwald <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Linus, while I am interested in an answer I think that Dave and Christoph
> > as Linux filesystem developers actually deserve one (instead of silently
> > being ignored which is also a decision in this matter).
> >
> > I did not see an answer in linux-2.6 commit log as of today so far.
> 
> Christ guys. This whole thread is retarded.
> 
> The *ONLY* reason people seem to have for reverting that is a "ooh, my
> feelings are hurt by how this was done, and now I'm a pissy bitch and
> I want to get this reverted".
> 
> Stop the f*cking around already.
> 
> If you want something reverted, you show me the *technical* reason for
> it. Not the "ooh, I'm so annoyed by how this was done" reason for it.
> 
> And if your little feelings got hurt, get your mommy to tuck you in,
> don't email me about it. Because I'm not exactly known for my deep
> emotional understanding and supportive personality, am I?

No, the problem is that the thing is not just a) wrong, but b) only made
it in through sneaky ways.

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