linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 03/43] ptrace: change signature of arch

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Message-Id: <201008291540.55414.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:40:55 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 03/43] ptrace: change signature of arch_ptrace()

On Friday 27 August 2010 18:20:55 Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:
> > Would it be possible to rearrange your patches so that you don't break
> > anything in the middle? I think merging all the trivial 'change signature'
> > patches into one would also make reviewing easier. Nobody in their
> > right mind is looking through a full series of 43 patches, especially
> > if they do not make sense on their own, but one patch that changes a
> > function signature tree-wide would be looked at by many people and can
> > be applied standalone.
> >
> 
> OK. Will combine those.
> BTW, one thing I wonder is it will have huge CC list of arch maintainers
> in commit message, so is it usual? or is there other way?

I'd say you don't have to for a trivial patch such at this, as long as
you keep linux-arch@...r.kernel.org on Cc, since that has all the arch
maintainers. It also doesn't hurt to keep them all on Cc, since it would
only be a single mail then.

	Arnd
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