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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/6] genalloc: track beginning of allocations
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:29:06 -0800
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

> >> I wonder if this might be more readable by splitting the kernel-doc
> >> changes from the bitmap changes? I.e. fix all the kernel-doc in one
> >> patch, and in the following, make the bitmap changes. Maybe it's such
> >> a small part that it doesn't matter, though?
> >
> > I had the same thought, but then I would have made most of the kerneldoc
> > changes to something that would be altered by the following patch,
> > because it would have made little sense to fix only those parts that
> > would have survived.
> >
> > If it is really a problem to keep them together, I could put these
> > changes in a following patch. Would that be ok?
>
> Hmmm... I think keeping it as-is would be better than a trailing
> docs-only patch. Maybe Jon has an opinion?

I would be inclined to agree. Putting docs changes with the associated
code changes helps to document the patch itself, among other things. I
wouldn't split them up.

jon

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