linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active utilization

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:11:30 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@...tannapisa.it>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>,
        Claudio Scordino <claudio@...dence.eu.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@...up.it>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v5 2/9] sched/deadline: improve the tracking of active
 utilization

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 09:54:54AM +0200, Luca Abeni wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> I put this change in a local tree together with other fixes / cleanups
> I plan to submit in the next weeks. Should I send it together with the
> other patches, or are you going to apply it separately?

Posting them in a series is fine; it is customary to put independent
things first such that they will not get stuck after the larger changes.

> In the first case, what is the correct authorship / SOB chain (I ask
> because I keep getting this wrong every time :)

Yes, this is a 'fun' case :-) I'd just merge the change into your patch
introducing it and forget I 'contributed' the name change.

For larger patches you could do something like (in your email body):

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

Changelog goes here...

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Luca...
---

$PATCH

Which says this patch is from me, carried by you, and then I'll stick
another SoB on to indicated I took it back. Its a bit weird, but we've
done it before.