linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: Make inline name size calculation automatic

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Message-Id: <20180619145957.187edcdb0b75901a790774b4@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:59:57 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Make inline name size calculation automatic

On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:01:01 +0100 David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > Please cc Alexey on /proc patches.
> 
> If Alexey is responsible for procfs he should declare this in MAINTAINERS.

oop.  I thought we did that but it isn't there.

> > What are the user-visible runtime effects of this change?
> 
> Memory usage only.

Please always include such info in changelogs.