linux-kernel - Re: SCHED_IDLE documentation

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Date:	Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:20:55 +0100
From:	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>, "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@....de>,
	cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org, "Jeremy Kerr" <jk@...abs.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: SCHED_IDLE documentation

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
>  * Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > >  commit 0e6aca43e08a62a48d6770e9a159dbec167bf4c6
>  > >  Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>  > >  Date:   Mon Jul 9 18:51:57 2007 +0200
>  >
>  > Yep -- I found it later -- thanks.
>  >
>  > Ingo, could you please CC me when kernel-userland API changes go into
>  > mainline?  Otherwise, they potentially end up undocumented, and
>  > un(der)used.
>
>  sure.
>
>  We could also add an in-commit-message marker for such changes, that you
>  could periodically scan. Something like:
>
>    User-ABI-extended-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>
>  and:
>
>    User-ABI-modified-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>
>  that way you also know whom to contact about followup questions.
>
>  Declaring such changes would have other benefits as well: the review
>  process becomes more streamlined. Also, any ABI side-effect would be
>  known to be intentional versus unintentional, based on the commit
>  headers alone. Undeclared ABI side-effects would be frowned upon and
>  would be strong grounds for immediate reversal as well.

Sounds like an excellent idea, if we could make it fly.  How can we make it fly?

Cheers,

Michael


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