linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 131/593] sched/fair: Fix ascii art by relpacing tabs

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:44:37 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Odin Ugedal <odin@...d.al>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 131/593] sched/fair: Fix ascii art by relpacing tabs

Hi!

> When using something other than 8 spaces per tab, this ascii art
> makes not sense, and the reader might end up wondering what this
> advanced equation "is".

I believe this should not be in stable. Our stable-rules documentation
is quite clear there.

> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -3141,7 +3141,7 @@ void reweight_task(struct task_struct *p, int prio)
>   *
>   *                     tg->weight * grq->load.weight
>   *   ge->load.weight = -----------------------------               (1)
> - *			  \Sum grq->load.weight
> + *                       \Sum grq->load.weight
>   *
>   * Now, because computing that sum is prohibitively expensive to compute (been
>   * there, done that) we approximate it with this average stuff. The average

Best regards,
								Pavel
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