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Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:47:16 +0200 From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Scott Preece <sepreece@...il.com>, "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> Subject: Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight > Sam Ravnborg wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 08:11:53AM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> The SCM changelog should contain _what_ a patch does and if >>> necessary _why_ it does so. >> The _why_ part is more important than _what_. The diff should hopefully >> explain the _what_ part. > > "What": fix lockup in this and that circumstances > "Why": because lockups are annoying > "How": the diff > (That's what I meant with what and why.) PS, example with non-trivial why: What: add ABI which correlates bus cycle counter and local time Why: apps need it to sync streams from different buses How: the diff -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== =-=- -=--= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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