Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees][PATCH v2] nl80211: Fix undefined behavior in bit shift

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

Hi Shuah,

> I went looking in the git log. Looks like there are several commits with
> "Changes since" included in the commit log. It still appears to be
> maintainer preference. Probably from networking and networking related
> areas - wireless being one of them. This trend is recent it appears in
> any case.

Yeah. I was really just observing that I'd seen this, and some people (I
guess 'many' was an exaggeration) actively request it to be in the
commit log. I "grew up" with "changelog after ---" too ;-)

> There is a value to seeing changes as the work evolves. However, there
> is the concern that how log should it be.

That doesn't parse, what did you mean?

> This example commit has history from RFC stage and no doubt very useful
> since this is a new driver.
> 
> 8ef988b914bd449458eb2174febb67b0f137b33c
> 
> If we make this more of a norm, we do want to make sure, we evolve
> from informal nature of these "Changes since", to "Commit log" text.

Not sure it's really worth it, but I guess some recommendations could be
useful. If it is indeed to become the norm, and there aren't some people
who strongly feel it should *not* be included.

johannes