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([2001:a61:2482:101:a081:4793:30bf:f3d5]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w9sm28742611wrc.27.2020.05.13.04.31.35 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 13 May 2020 04:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/14] prctl.2: tfix listing order of prctls To: Dave Martin References: <1589301419-24459-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> <1589301419-24459-6-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> <1bb991f4-176a-a74e-01fc-c73b49ed77f5@gmail.com> <20200513112133.GH21779@arm.com> From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Message-ID: <6ef9a969-3e16-e21c-f047-e5a471cbc163@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 13:31:32 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200513112133.GH21779@arm.com> Content-Language: en-US X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20200513_043138_075126_EF01F416 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 15.64 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Hi Dave, On 5/13/20 1:21 PM, Dave Martin wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:10:53PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> Hi Dave, >> >> On 5/12/20 6:36 PM, Dave Martin wrote: >>> The prctl list has historically been sorted by prctl name (ignoring >>> any SET_ or GET_ prefix) to make individual prctls easier to find. >>> Some noise seems to have crept in since. >>> >>> Sort the list back into order. Similarly, reorder the list of >>> prctls specified to return non-zero values on success. >> >> This is a good patch. But see my comments on patch 04. >> I'd prefer a patch like this at the end of a series, >> rather than in the middle of it. > > Ack. > > Ideally we could check the order with a script, but that seemed a step > too far. Quite. > What's the view on having parts of the man pages generated, rather then > being distributed ready-built? I'm not keen (until someone shows me compelling benefits). Splitting things up would make pages harder to edit, and IMO increase the chance for inconsistencies in pages. > If we split prctl.2 up with a fragment per prctl, we could paste the > fragments together in the right order with a script. > >> >>> Content movement only. No semantic change. >> >> And explicitly noting that detail is very helpful to me. > > Unless of course I'm lying ;) (I'm not, but I won't be offended if you > check.) Actually, with your first two patches, you impressed right out of the gate, so my "I'm gonna blindly trust this guy" needle already switched up pretty high :-). Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel