linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: fix documentation for /proc/stat, line "intr"

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Message-ID: <20140423094836.GA10953@moskyto.dyndns.org>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:48:36 +0200
From:	Jan Moskyto Matejka <mq@...e.cz>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: fix documentation for /proc/stat, line "intr"

n Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 03:35:39PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 04/22/14 11:19, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> > On 04/22/2014 05:29 PM, Jan Moskyto Matejka wrote:
> >> The sum at the beginning of line "intr" includes also unnumbered interrupts.
> >> It implies that the sum at the beginning isn't the sum of the remainder of the
> >> line, not even an estimation.
> >>
> >> Fixed the documentation to mention that.
> > 
> > I'm not really doubting what you claim, Jan, but it would be really
> > helpful if you provided some data to support the proposed change
> > (Kernel source references, or notes about testing you've done, or 
> > pointers to mailing list threads, authoritative note that you are
> > the maintainer of some relevant kernel subsystem...). Do you have
> > something like that? (It's also useful for the change log.)
> 
> I wouldn't mind more of a changelog, but the additional text is
> certainly correct.
> 
> Thanks.  I'll apply the patch, but more changelog comments are welcome.

Thank you for applying.

You may add following line to the changelog:
This behaviour was added to /proc/stat in commit a2eddfa95919a730e0e5ed17e9c303fe5ba249cd.

MQ
-- 
Jan Matějka <mq@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs

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