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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Reinject: loops=2 maxloops=12 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Info: AW1haW4tMjYwNjI2MDEwOSBTYWx0ZWRfX/4ZX7Sql9THD n7qfNvOkGkaDQ31tRqg8VJ6aRLi1DJ38X6jI5yawHLo397Q2g9BlJ5lKK6gjH4qP5NNQGi5FZE7 xjpNz7iL8C8w/zF6jUiIpM2bDf3YUeU= X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: l1thRBvTCKWvrWoPsYWyUApf5XMHxzwL X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=Oph/DS/t c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6a3e808d cx=c_pps a=GFwsV6G8L6GxiO2Y/PsHdQ==:117 a=GFwsV6G8L6GxiO2Y/PsHdQ==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=FelO9ux0wxsA:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=RnoormkPH1_aCDwRdu11:22 a=U7nrCbtTmkRpXpFmAIza:22 a=VEdCq-UeGgiu439THxAA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjYwNjI2MDEwOSBTYWx0ZWRfX/q3dS1MNkE0p +fN2PWym+dFuVLjyGu+WhCJpCuO10JvVSrVO95ZvhFoCN/HXnUChUqGgU5ofBJVGH5toBwnvzXA lp8ebkrAs4XLi+yrBWe/G3SziWlDAbdY8iMyBhuppHjcPpls8bxq5mnUR2ym5lpCcMWORr/uEck onwVDZ0DKtUWZG53Grr0XKJaulxLy9/L+1+m9XXP5hHu1i0KOSx4Rw/0K6J/weLN9YI4WE7oVbf q4Q+g5s9hQPFl5JtM3WBKss3A/uPiFh0vJJxW7RXWM6PIpM76/kpyieyJfOeRdcTFfvjdN32D8r FYCi7cGv3uph34udOjsrPDJoX3anILmoBCxTxZm3Xq3kwLmxfoI0ah48LLSZfVJHpE9NiAQQSUy xHhRuApig6J99d5ksxReF23vQgv3o70rK5UBy62EOky3+TSsXhCirwxGtkX3ltugvNjDY3kFuU+ zkV6Gtf0zy3x6vJqpaw== X-Proofpoint-GUID: Ukzaz0czktA5f5d4RmSDCuBO63QobsKY X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1143,Hydra:6.1.125,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2026-06-26_03,2026-06-24_01,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 phishscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 priorityscore=1501 clxscore=1015 impostorscore=0 malwarescore=0 adultscore=0 suspectscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.22.0-2606150000 definitions=main-2606260109 On 6/26/26 3:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 06:16:28PM +0530, Shrikanth Hegde wrote: >> This patch does >> - Declare and Define cpu_preferred_mask. >> - Get/Set helpers for it. > > There is a blub in submitting-patches.rst about how 'this patch' is > basically a red-flag for a changelog. > > The changelog is per-definition pertaining to 'this patch', therefore > stating this is a tautology. Further, it is often fairly clear what the > patch does, but less clear as to why. > > So the suggestion is to phrase this like: > > Provide cpu_preferred_mask infrastructure (definitions, declarations and > helper methods) to facilitate .... > > Ok. My bad, i will update the changelog. thanks for catching it.