linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] ptp: vmclock: Add VM generation counter and ACPI notification

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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:13:06 +0100
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, "Chalios, Babis" <bchalios@...zon.es>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] ptp: vmclock: Add VM generation counter and ACPI
 notification

On Sun, 2025-12-28 at 15:42 +0100, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> 
> There are a few formal things to adjust (reverse christmas tree order in
> variable declaration, empty changelog in patch 6/7, prefer #if
> IS_ENABLED() over #ifdef). 

The changelog of patch 6 is not empty. It clearly states that it
removes the dependency on CONFIG_ACPI, and that's all it needs to say.

We could pointlessly repeat the first line of the changelog and say the
same thing twice, if that helps? 

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