Linus Torvalds blasts kernel dev for 'making the world worse' with 'garbage'
12 days ago
- #Open Source
- #Linux
- #Kernel Development
- Linus Torvalds warns kernel developers about a chaotic merge window due to personal travel commitments.
- Meta software engineer Palmer Dabbelt submits late RISC-V patches, triggering Torvalds' criticism.
- Torvalds criticizes the patches as 'garbage' for poor quality and late submission.
- He specifically targets a 'crazy and pointless' helper function in the patches.
- Torvalds emphasizes the negative impact of adding low-quality code to generic header files.
- Despite his past toxic behavior, Torvalds has mellowed but still enforces high standards.
- Dabbelt acknowledges his mistakes and commits to improving submission timing and quality.