linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] x86/mm: fix comment

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Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:54:15 +0000
From:   Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] x86/mm: fix comment

On 4/14/2022 1:44 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 01:00:05AM +0000, Jane Chu wrote:
>> This change used to be folded in the mce patch, but for that I received
>> a review comment pointing out that the change is unrelated to the said
>> patch and doesn't belong, hence I pulled it out to stand by itself.  :)
> 
> Aha, someone is being very pedantic.
> 
> For trivial unrelated changes like that I usually add them to a patch
> which already touches that file and put in the commit message:
> 
> "While at it, fixup a function name in a comment."
> 
> Less patches to handle.
> 

Sounds good, I'll fold it to one of the mce patches and make a note that
it is a BTW-kind of fix, not something related.

thanks!
-jane