netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: switchdev: Add helper to check if an object event is pending

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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 02:33:05 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org, roopa@...dia.com, razor@...ckwall.org,
	bridge@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: switchdev: Add helper to check if an object
 event is pending

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:50:11PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:35:43PM CET, tobias@...dekranz.com wrote:
> >When adding/removing a port to/from a bridge, the port must be brought
> >up to speed with the current state of the bridge. This is done by
> >replaying all relevant events, directly to the port in question.
> 
> Could you please use the imperative mood in your patch descriptions?
> That way, it is much easier to understand what is the current state of
> things and what you are actually changing.

FWIW, the paragraph you've concentrated upon does describe the current
state of things, not what the patch does; thus it does not need to be in
the imperative mood.