linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] compiler-gcc: improve version error

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Message-ID: <20200907212522.GB13815@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Mon, 7 Sep 2020 22:25:23 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] compiler-gcc: improve version error

On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 03:59:11PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> As Kees suggests, doing so provides developers with two useful pieces of
> information:

I struggle to parse this. "doing so" what? These things are supposed to
be in the imperative.

Will