linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 09/12] x86/init: add intr_mode_init to x86_init

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1707022115510.2296@nanos>
Date:   Sun, 2 Jul 2017 21:16:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Dou Liyang <douly.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, bhe@...hat.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 09/12] x86/init: add intr_mode_init to x86_init_ops

On Fri, 30 Jun 2017, Dou Liyang wrote:
> Add an unconditional x86_init_ops function which defaults to the
> standard function and can be overridden by the early platform code.

That changelog describes WHAT the patch does, but not WHY. That's useless
as we can see WHAT the patch does from the patch itself. The WHY is the
really important information.

Thanks,

	tglx