linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/3] v2 Documentation updates for 3.12

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Message-ID: <20130820042832.GZ29406@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:28:32 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/3] v2 Documentation updates for 3.12

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 08:24:11PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:37:17PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > This series provides a few documentation updates:
> > 
> > 1.	Update rcu_barrier() documentation to note that it no longer is
> > 	guaranteed to wait for a full grace period.  This guarantee was
> > 	a victim of energy efficiency.
> > 
> > 2.	Update RTFP documentation.
> > 
> > 3.	Fix a control-dependency example in the memory-barriers
> > 	documentation.
> > 
> > Changes from v1 (https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/17/94):
> > 
> > o	Apply Josh Triplett review comments.
> 
> Consider changing the patch tag for new versions, to "PATCH v2" or
> similar; that way, all of the patches have a clearly distinct subject
> for the new version.
> 
> git format-patch will do this for you; just pass "-v 2".

Good point, my email client got them confused as well.  My version of git
format-patch does not know about "-v 2", but --subject-prefix="PATCH v2"
does fine.  I am using git version 1.8.1.5, for whatever it is worth.

							Thanx, Paul

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