From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Minchan Kim Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update old Mini-HOWTO for ftrace Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:25:26 +0900 Message-ID: <28c262360904061825n6728509ey7933fefdaae35f9f@mail.gmail.com> References: <49b7c2350904060702j3f725a45ub5e7d3ee3af883c1@mail.gmail.com> <49b7c2350904060717l1a87cca7p880b6843ea92c702@mail.gmail.com> <49b7c2350904061609q7984d5f0u478a092ffcabe12c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: GeunSik Lim , Steven Rostedt , Ingo Molnar , rt-users , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" To: Thomas Gleixner Return-path: Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.171]:39114 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750994AbZDGBZ2 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:25:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: One more thing. Please, Not attach your patch but inline one. Many people want to add their comments to line-by-line. Tip - If you use gmail with web, your patch is mangled by web server. That will hurt maintainers. Documentation/email-clients.txt can help you. :) On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Thomas Gleixner wr= ote: > GeunSik, > > On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, GeunSik Lim wrote: > >> Sorry, >> I mistake because I don't understand how to submit patch exactly. > > To submit a patch you need to have: > > 1) useful subject line > > =C2=A0 [PATCH] subsystem: what does the patch do > > =C2=A0 subsystem in your care is: ftrace > > 2) useful patch description > > =C2=A0 explains what the patch does. Which bug/problem it fixes or wh= ich > =C2=A0 enhancement it provides > > =C2=A0 Look at the git log. Each commit has an (more or lesss) useful= l > =C2=A0 description, but you get the idea. If you see a confusing or > =C2=A0 cryptic description you need way more time to figure out what = the > =C2=A0 patch does or what it is supposed to do. > > 3) Your Signed-off-by > > =C2=A0 Signed-off-by is the certificate of origin as described in > > =C2=A0 Documentation/SubmittingPatches > > =C2=A0 You can only add your own Signed-off-by. You never can add the > =C2=A0 Signed-off-by of some one else. > >> I just appended below "singned-off" contents for convenience. >> Sorry again. >> >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar > > That's how it might look later on. It would say: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 GeunSik Lim =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 wrote the patch > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Steven Rostedt =C2=A0 =C2=A0picked it up from yo= ur mail and sent it to Ingo > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ingo Molnar =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 received it fro= m Steven's mail and applied it > > There is no way for you to forsee how your patch will be picked up an= d > propagated. It might go via Andrew Morton or directly to Linus. Ok ? > > So you only add your own Signed-off-by. > > Hope that helps. Thanks, > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 tglx > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kerne= l" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at =C2=A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.ht= ml > Please read the FAQ at =C2=A0http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > --=20 Kinds regards, Minchan Kim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-user= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html