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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v15 6/9] x86/arch_prctl: Add ARCH_[GET|SET]_CPUID
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    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

    > Kyle,
    > your patch format is really odd.
    >
    > You seem to have *eight* lines of context rather than the regular 3.
    > Is there any reason for that oddity?
    >
    > It basically means that a one-line hunk ends up being 17 lines of
    > unified diff rather than 7.

    Presumably he's done:

    $ git config diff.context 8


    Which I also did at one point because I thought it might help for
    reading diffs, but reverted after realising it also affects the diffs
    that are generated by format-patch etc.

    cheers

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