Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary)
Honestly, I consider that to be one of those crazy patches that people
can apply if they want to, but that there is no point in having
upstream.
upstream.
Hundreds of extra lines of assembly for something that isn't even a leak or a theoretical fix, when there is a better model for just improving the compiler? But for it to make sense _mainline_, it has to improve kernel development, and I don't see it doing that.
doing that.
I just haven't seen an argument for why it makes sense to do the belt-and-suspenders-and-glue-your-pants-on approach.
upstream.
Hundreds of extra lines of assembly for something that isn't even a leak or a theoretical fix, when there is a better model for just improving the compiler? But for it to make sense _mainline_, it has to improve kernel development, and I don't see it doing that.
doing that.
I just haven't seen an argument for why it makes sense to do the belt-and-suspenders-and-glue-your-pants-on approach.