netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 02/18] bpf: Add bpf_arch_text

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Date:   Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:10:50 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
        ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, x86@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, Kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 02/18] bpf: Add bpf_arch_text_poke() helper

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:14:03 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 01:39:24PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 22:36:24 +0100
> >   
> > > The cover leter is not preserved and should therefore  
> >  ...
> > 
> > The cover letter is +ALWAYS+ preserved, we put them in the merge
> > commit.  
> 
> Good to know; is this a netdev special? I've not seen this before.

I read a *lot* of merge commit changelogs; it's not just netdev that does
this.  I try to do it with significant documentation sets as well.  I
agree that changelogs should contain all relevant information, but there
is value in an overview as well.  But then, I make my living in the
overview business...:)

jon