linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] perf/x86/intel: Record branch type

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:37:53 +0800
From:   "Jin, Yao" <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, kan.liang@...el.com, yao.jin@...el.com,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] perf/x86/intel: Record branch type



On 4/11/2017 4:35 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 04:11:21PM +0800, Jin, Yao wrote:
>>
>> On 4/11/2017 3:52 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> This is still a completely inadequate changelog. I really will not
>>> accept patches like this.
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The changelog is added in the cover-letter ("[PATCH v3 0/5] perf report: Show branch type").
>>
>> Does the changelog need to be added in each patch's description?
>>
>> That's fine, I can add and resend this patch.
> The cover letter is not retained; it is throw away information.
>
> Each patch should have a coherent changelog that explain why the patch
> was done and explain non trivial things in the implementation.
>
> Simply copy/pasting the same story in multiple patches is not right
> either, for the simple fact that the patches were not the same. You did
> a different thing, so you need a different story.
>
>
>
Thanks so much for the suggestion!

I accept this and decide to make changes on my patch description. Maybe 
not adding a full change-log, I will add a section in patch description 
to describe the major changes from previous version.

Thanks
Jin Yao