Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:05:55 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Make sure IDT is page aligned |
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* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 07/17/2013 11:57 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > > > Hi, Peter, > > > > Any reason for why following changelog get dropped? > > > > --- > > v5: > > - add comments to all IDTs about alignment reasoning, suggested by Linus > > v4: > > - rework using __page_aligned_bss, suggested by Yinghai LU > > - move all the other IDT variables as well, suggested by HPA > > v3: > > - merge 32-bit and 64-bit idt_table definition > > v2: > > - 32-bit was already aligned > > --- > > > > That at least would help us to check if you apply the right version. > > > > Procedurally, the changelogs don't belong in commit messages. I tend to > leave them in if they are particularly illustrative or if the commit > message only makes sense with the additional context, but neither of > those is really ideal. > > Technically, because of the --- line which indicates the end of the > commit message.
Furthermote, the -tip notification email will generally email-thread on lkml to the patch submission that was applied.
That is a more robust indication of which submission was applied than any changelog detail.
Thanks,
Ingo
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