linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Remove unused including <linux/version.h>

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:06:50 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
        WireGuard mailing list <wireguard@...ts.zx2c4.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Remove unused including <linux/version.h>

Hi Dave,

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 7:53 PM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:15:27 +0000
>
> > Remove including <linux/version.h> that don't need it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
>
> Appropriate subject line for this should have been:
>
>         Subject: [PATCH net-next] wireguard: Remove unused include <linux/version.h>
>
> 'net' is too broad a subsystem prefix as it basically encompases half of the
> entire kernel tree.  When people look at the git shortlog output you need to
> be specific enough that people can tell what touches what.

I have these fixed up how you like in the wireguard-linux.git repo,
and I'll submit these in a series to net-next next week all together.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zx2c4/wireguard-linux.git/log

Jason