linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/mm] x86, mm: Fix incorrect data type in vmalloc_sync

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Message-ID: <20101020201055.GA3971@kryptos.osrc.amd.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:10:55 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com" <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	"linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/mm] x86, mm: Fix incorrect data type in
 vmalloc_sync_all()

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:53:43PM -0700

> (This is a constant problem, by the way: people seems to want to prefix,
> not suffix, their commentary; "cover letter" style.)  I suspect git
> needs to change, but it's hard to know exactly how to change it.

That's easy, remove the cover letter style when inlining patches further
down the mail.

But yeah, I'm still trying to decide for me which mail attribution
format (set attribution="..." in mutt) is better/clearer:

From: foo
Date: bar

or

On <date>, <person> said:

Hmm...

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