I dont know. If swap-prefetch is small and self-contained, that "improvements" patch does not look small.
Nor was reiser4 the only argument given: how about the anti-fragmentation VM patches that have been waiting for integration for eternity? Kdb, LTT, Defrag-ext3? A regular reader of kerneltrap could easily list half a dozen cool-sounding but still pending kernel features - some of them having been on the waiting list for many years.
Linus Torvalds has described himself as feature-happy so generally there's little resistance against shiny new features. New code gets added, old code gets replaced, features get rewritten on an almost daily basis. Con Kolivas is a strong personality, and by pushing for integration in such a way (by suggesting that the whole incident might be part of some conspiracy between kernel devs that resulted in him being shut out permanently) he might have provoked a (conscious or nonconscious) push-back, instead of acceptance.
I dont know. If
I dont know. If swap-prefetch is small and self-contained, that "improvements" patch does not look small.
Nor was reiser4 the only argument given: how about the anti-fragmentation VM patches that have been waiting for integration for eternity? Kdb, LTT, Defrag-ext3? A regular reader of kerneltrap could easily list half a dozen cool-sounding but still pending kernel features - some of them having been on the waiting list for many years.
Linus Torvalds has described himself as feature-happy so generally there's little resistance against shiny new features. New code gets added, old code gets replaced, features get rewritten on an almost daily basis. Con Kolivas is a strong personality, and by pushing for integration in such a way (by suggesting that the whole incident might be part of some conspiracy between kernel devs that resulted in him being shut out permanently) he might have provoked a (conscious or nonconscious) push-back, instead of acceptance.