linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: ce4100: Remove unused struct 'sim_reg

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Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 10:23:04 -0500
From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
Cc: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	bhelgaas@...gle.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: ce4100: Remove unused struct 'sim_reg_op'

On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 02:43:20PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Ilpo Järvinen (ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com) wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 May 2024, linux@...blig.org wrote:
> > 
> > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> > > 
> > > This doesn't look like it was ever used.
> > 
> > Don't start with "This" but spell what you're talking about out so it 
> > can be read and understood without shortlog in Subject (or looking into 
> > the code change).
> 
> I'm of course happy to rework that if it helps you, although
> I thought the subject line was sufficient.

It's a minor point, to be sure.  The way I think about this is "an
essay title is not part of the essay itself," so the essay (commit
log) should make sense all by itself.

Bjorn