QU Wenruo from SUSE, which is supported by the BTRFS file system, drew attention to on abuse associated with Sending to the Linux kernel useless cosmetic patches, changes in which are reduced to correcting typos in the text or Removal Debugging messages from internal tests . Usually, similar small patches send novice developers who only learn to interact in the community.
This time, patches were sent by Huawei employees and the case was not united. At the same time, such patches were sent separately, without uniting all small edits into one larger patch, distracting accompanying from important work. QU Wenruo suggested that in this way Huawei employees are trying to maintain their corporate performance indicators (KPI) at the proper level, replacing real work with imitation of violent activities. As the main reason for this behavior, it is called installing some companies of almost impracticable KPI indicators, which forces employees to look for workarounds so as not to lose award.