Linus Torvalds Slams Google’s RISC-V Code for Linux 6.17 as “Useless Garbage” – Research Snipers

Linus Torvalds once again ran up for top form and has taped a Google programmer hard. Its RISC-V code for Linux 6.17 is “useless garbage” that “makes the world a worse place to live”.

Google developers feels Torvalds-Wut

Linus Torvalds is known for not taking a leaf in front of the mouth and not making compromises. It was only at the end of last year that he scolded new developments in X86 CPUs and also threw all Russians from the Linux team. Now Palmer Dabbelt has also learned from the Google Android team what it is like to be in Torvald’s line of fire. The Linux creator wisded Dabbelts Pull Request for Linux 6.17 with clear words: “This is garbage and came too late”. Torvalds not only criticized the late submission shortly before the end of the Merge-Window, but above all the code quality itself.

Torvalds was particularly angry about a supposed helper named Make_U32_FROM_TWO_U16 (), which in his opinion is completely superfluous. “That makes the world a worse place to live,” he wrote in his answer to the programmer. The simple code “(A << 16) + B” is more understandable than this “useless auxiliary function” that nobody can understand. In the publicly accessible email about the Toms hardware reports, Torvalds was once more evident from his unadorned side. His message on Dabbelt was unmistakable: “You are under observation: no late pull requests and no more garbage […]. “

Torvalds’ infamous species

Torvalds is known for his harsh clashes with developers in the Linux Kernel mailing list. One of the best-known examples of his direct kind was in 2012 when he said “Fuck You” at a lecture at the Aalto University and showed the middle finger after criticizing the Nvidia company. He described Nvidia as the worst company with which he had to do with the kernel development.

Mainly because of their lack of willingness to cooperate with open source drivers. The programming language C ++ is also regularly the goal of Torvald’s criticism. He has been bombing C ++ continuously for over ten years and criticizes the language sharply. He has expressed concerns that C ++ programmers could negatively influence projects. Torvalds argues that C ++ is too complex and that developers lead to creating complicated solutions instead of writing simple, understandable code.

Change after public criticism

His uncompromising attitude, which he considers necessary to clarify his points, had caused criticism from Intel programmer Sage Sharp and Systemd developer Lennart Poettering. Sharp accused Torvalds of creating a “toxic” work environment that particularly deter women and minorities. In September 2018, Torvalds apologized for his behavior and announced a break.

He even introduced a Code of Conduct for Linux Kernel development. Despite occasional excuses, the current case with the Google programmer shows that Torvalds still has a direct way. Critics argue that such outbreaks are counterproductive, while the supporters emphasize that this uncompromising attitude contributes to the high quality of the Linux kernel. The tirades for outsiders are entertaining in any case.