From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 809922F83 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:27:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 272EF6145E; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:27:01 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Christian Brauner Cc: Mike Rapoport , Geert Uytterhoeven , James Morris , Julia Lawall , Stephen Hemminger , Roland Dreier , James Bottomley , ksummit@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [MAINTAINER SUMMIT] Rethinking the acceptance policy for "trivial" patches Message-ID: <20210422112701.77224407@gandalf.local.home> In-Reply-To: <20210422084527.u4otu3ccanckrjll@wittgenstein> References: <20210421152209.68075314@gandalf.local.home> <20210421132824.13a70f6c@hermes.local> <20210422084527.u4otu3ccanckrjll@wittgenstein> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:45:27 +0200 Christian Brauner wrote: > There's a reason why prior research into Trojan Horse contributions > didn't just go out and try to place bugs into existing software on such > a large scale. (The fact that even one buggy commit - accident or not - > from their group made it into the kernel renders the whole research > project ethically questionable.) Perhaps this professor should publish a followup paper describing what happens when you push malicious code and get caught. Write about the devastation it has on one's reputation as well as the reputation of your company. ;-) -- Steve