From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755195Ab2DCQQn (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:16:43 -0400 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:45246 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751656Ab2DCQQm (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:16:42 -0400 Message-ID: <1333469800.26079.35.camel@joe2Laptop> Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk(): add KERN_CONT where needed From: Joe Perches To: Kay Sievers Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Len Brown Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:16:40 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <1333415903.860.0.camel@mop> <1333420612.26079.6.camel@joe2Laptop> <1333424865.26079.9.camel@joe2Laptop> <1333463572.26079.31.camel@joe2Laptop> <1333469136.26079.33.camel@joe2Laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 18:11 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 18:05, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:50 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: > >> I did not claim to address the problem of concurrent continuation line > >> writers, and this patch has absolutely nothing to do with that > >> problem. It _does_ fix encountered problems, > > > > No it doesn't. It fixes problems _you_ encounter > > with an unpublished modification of the printk > > subsystem. > > Exactly. And that is what is written in the changelog of the patch. > But all that does not matter, the change results in more correct code > than the current one is; and that is all that matters. > > Sure, I see your point, and support your effort, but I don't think > your arguments are related to this patch and you are hijacking > something unrelated, which should be discussed in a separate mail > thread, that's all. Conversations happen all over the place and making separate discussions isn't that valuable nor are they really controllable. Just write the change log to simply state "add KERN_CONT" without mentioning your unpublished stuff. cheers, Joe