linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmalloc: use ZERO_SIZE_PTR / ZERO_OR_NULL

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Message-ID: <20120229071002.GA1003@mwanda>
Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:10:02 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Dmitry Antipov <dmitry.antipov@...aro.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty.russell@...aro.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vmalloc: use ZERO_SIZE_PTR / ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:53:13AM +0400, Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> On 02/28/2012 05:30 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> >Could you include that in the changelog when the final version is
> >ready?
> 
> What changelog you're saying about?
> 

The commit message to this patch.  Right now it just says "fix
vmalloc" but it doesn't say what the bug is or why the new version
is better.  You and Rusty know the reasons already but we should
write them down in the changelog so other people can follow along as
well.

regards,
dan carpenter

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