linux-kernel - gRe: [PATCH V5 1/5] KVM: X86: Memory ROE documentation.

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Message-ID: <20181029164229.GA27144@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:42:29 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Ahmed Abd El Mawgood <ahmedsoliman0x666@...il.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, rkrcmar@...hat.com,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ovich00@...il.com, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        nigel.edwards@....com, Boris Lukashev <blukashev@...pervictus.com>,
        Hossam Hassan <7ossam9063@...il.com>,
        Ahmed Lotfy <A7med.lotfey@...il.com>
Subject: gRe: [PATCH V5 1/5] KVM: X86: Memory ROE   documentation.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 05:12:19PM +0200, Ahmed Abd El Mawgood wrote:
> Following up with my previous threads on KVM assisted Anti rootkit
> protections.

All of the changelogs in this series need to be rewritten to adhere to
Documentation/process[1].  In particular, use imperative mood and
describe why/what is being done in a self-contained manner, e.g. the
above line isn't very helpful without a lot of prior context.

[1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#2-describe-your-changes

> The current version doesn't address the attacks involving pages
> remapping. It is still design in progress, nevertheless, it will be in
> my later patch sets.

This series should be tagged RFC if its design is a WIP.