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SubjectRe: + fix-mult_frac-multiple-argument-evaluation-bug.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch
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On Tue, May 23 2023 at 11:48, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 01:45:40AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> Changelogs have to be self explanatory and if the shortlog, aka
>> $subject, claims "bug" then there has to be a reasonable explanation
>> what the actual bug is.
>>
>> Seriously.
>>
>> All this is documented, but obviously documention for changelogs and the
>> acceptance of patches is just there to be ignored, right?
>
> I don't want to return to kindergarten and document problem which every
> C programmer learns exploring MIN(a, b).

A quick summary what the bug is, is _not_ kindergarten level.

Why does a reviewer have to do his own analysis at the patch level to
figure out what this solves and fixes?

It's 20 seconds of courtesy on the submitter side which saves a lot of
time on the reviewer and maintainer side.

Thanks,

tglx

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