linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees][PATCH v2] nl80211: Fix undefined behavior in bit shift

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:27:31 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Jiunn Chang <c0d1n61at3@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees][PATCH v2] nl80211: Fix undefined behavior
 in bit shift

On 6/28/19 9:17 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi Shuah,
> 
>> I went looking in the git log. Looks like there are several commits with
>> "Changes since" included in the commit log. It still appears to be
>> maintainer preference. Probably from networking and networking related
>> areas - wireless being one of them. This trend is recent it appears in
>> any case.
> 
> Yeah. I was really just observing that I'd seen this, and some people (I
> guess 'many' was an exaggeration) actively request it to be in the
> commit log. I "grew up" with "changelog after ---" too ;-)
> 
>> There is a value to seeing changes as the work evolves. However, there
>> is the concern that how log should it be.
> 
> That doesn't parse, what did you mean?

Say we are on version 16 of a patch series, when does the commit log
become too long to be useful?

> 
>> This example commit has history from RFC stage and no doubt very useful
>> since this is a new driver.
>>
>> 8ef988b914bd449458eb2174febb67b0f137b33c
>>

This commit has a very long commit log starting from RFC stage. It is
very informative.

>> If we make this more of a norm, we do want to make sure, we evolve
>> from informal nature of these "Changes since", to "Commit log" text.
> 
> Not sure it's really worth it, but I guess some recommendations could be
> useful. If it is indeed to become the norm, and there aren't some people
> who strongly feel it should *not* be included.
> 

Yeah. If it becomes a norm, we probably will have to set some limits how
long, and reads like part of the commit log as opposed to something
slapped on at the end.

thanks,
-- Shuah