Re: [GIT PULL] io_uring fix for 6.17-rc5

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 5 Sept 2025 at 12:04, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>
> What is the hurt here, really, other than you being disappointed there's
> nothing extra in the link?

And just to clarify: the hurt is real. It's not just the
disappointment. It's the wasted effort of following a link and having
to then realize that there's nothing useful there.

Those links *literally* double the effort for me when I try to be
careful about patches.

So the "what's the hurt here" question is WRONG. The cost is real. The
cost is something I've complained about before.

I'm tired of having to complain about this, and I'm really really
tired of wasting my time on links that people have added with
absolutely zero effort and no thinking to back them up.

Yes, it's literally free to you to add this cost. No, *YOU* don't see
the cost, and you think it is helpful. It's not. It's the opposite of
helpful.

So I want commit messages to be relevant and explain what is going on,
and I want them to NOT WASTE MY TIME.

And I also don't want to ignore links that are actually *useful* and
give background information.

Is that really too much to ask for?

                 Linus