linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] perf: add ability to record event period

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Date:	Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:17:28 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	avagin@...il.com
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paulus@...ba.org, mingo@...e.hu, asharma@...com, devel@...nvz.org,
	dsahern@...il.com, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] perf: add ability to record event period

On Tue, 2011-12-20 at 12:07 +0400, Andrew Vagin wrote:
> Look at the comment below. In it I try describe why we need this 
> functionality. 

Its not about comments, a patch has to have a Changelog that covers the
why and what. If it doesn't the patch won't go anywhere. Also, its not
the maintainers job to reconstruct such a changelog from an email
discussion.

So write up a proper changelog and resubmit the patch.
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