linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Update for 4.21

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Message-ID: <20181231174246.3a2b2761@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:42:46 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Update for 4.21

On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 11:50:18 -0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > OK, I'll modify my script not to make that diff.  
> 
> For small "fixes" pulls, the diffs are nice, and you actually see the
> details of the fixes. But for big things, the full diff is usually
> only a distraction.
> 
> I think the x86 maintainers have a script where it adds the diff if
> it's less than a hundred lines or something like that..
>

I can look into adding a size limit check, or perhaps it may be good
enough to just remove the diff for merge window pull requests, as those
tend to be the big ones.

-- Steve