linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] tpm: add longer timeouts for creation commands.

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Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:24:47 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "Usyskin, Alexander" <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        "linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org" <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] tpm: add longer timeouts for creation
 commands.

On Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:35:03 -0500
Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Some maintainers are saying to put the Changelog after the "---" so
> that it isn't included in the patch description.
> 
> One of the reasons for including the Changelog in the patch
> description, is to credit people with bug fixes, important rework of
> the patch, etc.
> 
> Do you have any thoughts on this?

Not sure I have a strong opinion there.  We do have various tags meant to
ensure proper credit; I would lean toward using those when possible rather
than including long change histories that, in the long term, don't help
readers to understand why the patch was applied.

Thanks,

jon