From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 187B5C433B4 for ; Fri, 7 May 2021 01:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E393F610F7 for ; Fri, 7 May 2021 01:30:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233632AbhEGBbw (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2021 21:31:52 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53608 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231461AbhEGBbv (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2021 21:31:51 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org (casper.infradead.org [IPv6:2001:8b0:10b:1236::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB33FC061574; Thu, 6 May 2021 18:30:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=rAm1iRpliBxibQ8h0Xt8N0Wh5webtMgmvFRNqSghInw=; b=vy2mXg5mWFCYkYZXahI1qdb2MB sgYXBTXHJBqF2eUH5ZyB5Xtq+UZ8zpiBpZ8qCNZXKFE8ZwnnR75fjsfvhnMr2HI/JP0kK3lH0leo0 F39MomHSR55YlPJAmpJBBf6RqWcmX03pwytDC+YDlLbc+o9aGN9y39dSO+lCbisO7wSztLO+kLsYc NXl5dYHqg9IHl9V1SlqpooZ39FjUxDkw0fc6QK+fDGSUuXKme/ax6Y4dQNHug/3WjJBoNapAHmCKU ka6IQSPA+yOhtCi5OTGQB35lLOl0JaDnFSrbJdw+kVcjEIEhFh/VZ+4yGjJYKhwLcDZxin8hY4sC3 NAZBSFhg==; Received: from willy by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.94 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lepK2-002gxz-FQ; Fri, 07 May 2021 01:30:41 +0000 Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 02:30:30 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Federico Vaga , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: drop optional BOMs Message-ID: References: <20210506231907.14359-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210506231907.14359-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 04:19:07PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > A few of the Documentation .rst files begin with a Unicode > byte order mark (BOM). The BOM may signify endianess for > 16-bit or 32-bit encodings or indicate that the text stream > is indeed Unicode. We don't need it for either of those uses. > It may also interfere with (confuse) some software. Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)