linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 07/11] x86/smpboot: Disable parallel boot for AMD CPUs

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Message-ID: <87mt5pv8i0.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:46:15 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 07/11] x86/smpboot: Disable parallel boot for AMD CPUs

On Tue, Feb 07 2023 at 09:52, David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Tue, 2023-02-07 at 01:09 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 02 2023 at 21:56, Usama Arif wrote:
>>
>> -ENOCONTENT
>
>
> Yeah, I'm aware of the nonsense here too but when I'm actually writing
> a commit message, years of habit kick in and it doesn't occur to me to
> pointlessly repeat the words that are already there, one line up where
> it says "Disable parallel boot for AMD CPUs".
>
> I'm old and stupid, but eventually I'll start to remember that people
> nowadays like to gratuitously refuse to read those words, and they want
> them repeated in a different place.

I'm not asking for repeating information from the subject line but to
actually add a rationale. The WHY is the most important information of a
changelog, no?

> Bear with me...

I do, but that doesn't mean I'm giving you special treatment :)

Thanks,

        tglx