linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] staging/android: remove doc from sw

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Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:06:01 -0300
From:	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Daniel Stone <daniels@...labora.com>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
	Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
	John Harrison <John.C.Harrison@...el.com>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
	Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] staging/android: remove doc from sw_sync

Hi Pavel,

2016-08-09 Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>:

> On Mon 2016-08-08 18:24:17, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> > From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>
> > 
> > SW_SYNC should never be used by other pieces of the kernel apart from
> > sync_debug as it is only a Sync File Validation Framework, so hide any
> > info to avoid confuse this with a standard kernel internal API.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>
> 
> NAK.
> 
> It is unclear for what the code does, removing the docs is not going to help.
> 
> If it should not be used, document that it should not be used.. but not remove
> the docs.

Okay, I'll skip this patch.