On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 04:08:01PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Whoever is proposing a feature has the burden to justify that
> its usefulness is larger than the overhead/cost it adds.
>
> Doesn't seem to be the case with this one so far.
Huh? There are half a dozen people who think it does, and half a dozen
people who think it doesn't. Fine, you're on the side which sees no use
for it.
> And in general ignoring overhead in new features is a pretty sad
> approach. Big bloat does come in small steps with each new feature.
A very generic argument which could be used to shoot down any new feature.
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