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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:57:44 -0700 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/22] pci-dma-compat: Add pci_zalloc_consistent helper On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:51:51 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote: > > People sometimes address this by using > > > > "drivers: net: ethernet: amd: use pci_zalloc_consistent" > > > > which strikes me as utterly perverse. We already have a nice way of > > representing the hierarchy and that's using '/'. > > I used to do that until several people complained. Slap 'em. I don't know where this thing is coming from - I'd suspected there must be some misguided doc somewhere but I don't know where it is. Some vast conspiracy against common sense. > Now I don't. btw: Documentation/SubmittingPatches says: > > 15) The canonical patch format > > The canonical patch subject line is: > > Subject: [PATCH 001/123] subsystem: summary phrase Yes, that doesn't go into how to identify the subsystem. I don't want to be overly proscriptive here, but it's a bit maddening when you're skimming patch titles and cannot work out which part of the kernel is being patched :( -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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