Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86: Define early read-mostly per-cpu macros

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Vlad Zolotarov <vlad@scalemp.com> wrote:

> On Monday, May 21, 2012 10:46:26 AM Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Vlad Zolotarov <vlad@scalemp.com> wrote:
> > > Some read-mostly per-cpu data may need to be declared or defined early,
> > > so it can be initialized and accessed before per_cpu areas are
> > > allocated.
> > > 
> > > Only the data that resides in the per_cpu areas should be read-mostly,
> > > as there is little benefit in optimizing cache lines on initialization.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vlad@scalemp.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalemp.com>
> > 
> > That's not a valid signoff chain. If you send me a patch then
> > you should be the last SOB - but as the author you should be the
> > first SOB as well. I edited the two SOBs to be Acked-by's.
> 
> Thanks, Ingo. I understand. However the "history" of this 
> patch is not as simple as u represent. ;)
> 
> It was originally written by Ido and I just posted it (then I 
> put my SOB at the end of SOB list). But after u noted that it 
> didn't compile on !SMP i reworked it but yet Ido did at least 
> half of the coding, so I put my SOB at the first place (as I 
> was the last one writing the code) and then Ido's as he 
> actually wrote the code in this patch as well and I do wanted 
> to give him a credit.

The proper way to do that is to add a "Originally-From: " tag, 
or to keep him as the author (and first SOB) and desccribe your 
own changes as comments between the SOBs:

 Signed-off-by: Original Author
 [ cleaned up the code a bit ]
 Signed-off-by: Second Author
 [ restructured it ]
 Signed-off-by: You

> Do u still think changing his (Ido's) SOB to Acked-by was the 
> right thing to do?

If they agree with it then you can send it to me that way - or 
the above way, or you can add any extra authors in a copyright 
notice - but the signoff chain should be a chain, with the 
primary author as the first SOB and the person sending me the 
patch being the last SOB.

Thanks,

	Ingo