linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] per signal

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Date:   Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:37:55 -0500
From:   ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] per signal_struct coredumps

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 12:07 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please pull the per_signal_struct_coredumps-for-v5.16 branch
>
> I've pulled it, but I'm not convinced about that odd extra merge
> commit that contains the commentary.
>
> That's what signed tags are for, and they have that explanation that
> then makes it into the merge - plus they have the crypto signature to
> show it all comes from you.
>
> So that would have been the much better model than a fake extra merge.
>
> But at least that extra merge did have explanations, so at least it
> doesn't trigger me on _that_ level.

I have been creating those when I place a patchset with an interesting
cover letter in a branch.  Now with the entire branch being just that
patchset, it doesn't make a lot of sense (except as somewhere to store
that cover letter so I don't loose it).  At other times when there are
multiple sets of changes on a single branch I think it makes more sense.

Am I missing a better way to preserve the cover letter for the
changes when multiple sets of changes land in a single branch?

Eric