linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/30] printk: kmsg_dump: Introduce helper to inform number of dumpers

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Message-ID: <c8818906-f113-82b6-b58b-d47ae0c16b4f@igalia.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 17:03:51 -0300
From:   "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/30] printk: kmsg_dump: Introduce helper to inform
 number of dumpers

On 10/05/2022 14:40, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:49:17 -0300
> "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com> wrote:
> 
>> Currently we don't have a way to check if there are dumpers set,
>> except counting the list members maybe. This patch introduces a very
>> simple helper to provide this information, by just keeping track of
>> registered/unregistered kmsg dumpers. It's going to be used on the
>> panic path in the subsequent patch.
> 
> FYI, it is considered "bad form" to reference in the change log "this
> patch". We know this is a patch. The change log should just talk about what
> is being done. So can you reword your change logs (you do this is almost
> every patch). Here's what I would reword the above to be:
> 
>  Currently we don't have a way to check if there are dumpers set, except
>  perhaps by counting the list members. Introduce a very simple helper to
>  provide this information, by just keeping track of registered/unregistered
>  kmsg dumpers. This will simplify the refactoring of the panic path.

Thanks for the hint, you're right - it's almost in all of my patches.
I'll reword all of them (except the ones already merged) to remove this
"bad form".

Cheers,


Guilherme