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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no 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 C9858C17441 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A752A21E6F for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726927AbfKKQKx (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:10:53 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:34572 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726845AbfKKQKx (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:10:53 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 710522C0; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:10:50 -0700 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Peter Zijlstra Cc: David Miller , alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, x86@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, Kernel-team@fb.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 02/18] bpf: Add bpf_arch_text_poke() helper Message-ID: <20191111091050.3ece5112@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20191111081403.GM4131@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <59d3af80-a781-9765-4d01-4c8006cd574f@fb.com> <20191108213624.GM3079@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20191108.133924.1397692397131607421.davem@davemloft.net> <20191111081403.GM4131@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:14:03 +0100 Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 01:39:24PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > > From: Peter Zijlstra > > Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 22:36:24 +0100 > > > > > The cover leter is not preserved and should therefore > > ... > > > > The cover letter is +ALWAYS+ preserved, we put them in the merge > > commit. > > Good to know; is this a netdev special? I've not seen this before. I read a *lot* of merge commit changelogs; it's not just netdev that does this. I try to do it with significant documentation sets as well. I agree that changelogs should contain all relevant information, but there is value in an overview as well. But then, I make my living in the overview business...:) jon