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Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now by dasil003 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @12:10AM (#9543399)
> It would be hard to get any sort of good coverage with unit tests, too, but that shouldn't be a reason to avoid trying.

Could a large but spotty unit test suite inspire false confidence that led to be being less careful about signing off on changes and thus decrease overall quality?

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Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now by mburns on Thursday May 14, 2015 @03:37AM (#9543878)
Could it? Sure.

Of course, kernel devs were already confident enough to merge breaking code without the added confidence of a partial unit test suite in place.

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