linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Avoid relocation information in final vmlinux

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Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:31:47 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, nicolas@...sle.eu, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        michael.roth@....com, nathan@...nel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Avoid relocation information in final vmlinux

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 01:30:21PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > The patch optimizes a resulting vmlinux by adding a postlink step that
> 
> Avoid having "This/The patch" or "This commit" in the commit message. It is
> tautologically useless.
> 
> Also, do
> 
> $ git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process
> 
> for more details.

Why do you say "tautologically useless"? I think even
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst doesn't describe why.
Regardless, I'm almost always sticking to the rule.

Thanks.

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