linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource: delete unnecessary comments

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Message-ID: <875xdqtjyn.ffs@tglx>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:18:08 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Enlin Mu <2277901360@...com>, jstultz@...gle.com, sboyd@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, enlinmu@...il.com, enlin.mu@...soc.com,
 enlin.mu@...look.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource: delete unnecessary comments

On Wed, Sep 10 2025 at 09:47, Enlin Mu wrote:
> From: Enlin Mu <enlin.mu@...soc.com>
>
> The new format is as follows:
>   clocksource: jiffies mask:0xfff max_cycles:0xffff,max_idle_ns: 7645000 ns

What's the point of this exercise?

We are not changing stuff just because, there has to be a reason and a
justification for changes. See Documentation/process/ for further
information.

Also I don't see where this change deletes a comment in the code, which
is what the subject line claims to do.

Thanks,

        tglx