linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk(): add KERN

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Date:	Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:16:40 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk(): add KERN_CONT where needed

On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 18:11 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 18:05, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> 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 with an unpublished modification of the printk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without mentioning your unpublished stuff.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

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