Re: [PATCH 3/4] gcov: add gcov profiling infrastructure

Andrew Morton
2009-06-04T08:42:08Z

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:26:39 +0200 Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Ah, right. That answers my question whether further changes should be
> posted as complete or incremental patches.

yup. Incrementals are a bit more hassle, but they're hugely more
friendly to people who have already reviewed the code.

And occasionally when I turn a replacement patch into an incremental,
it shows up things which the submitter hadn't intended be included.

> is it ok to post many small
> patches for -mm for minor changes like this one (simple_ -> strict_) or
> do you rather prefer these to be collected into somewhat larger patches
> that fix multiple minor issues?

I think one patch per "issue" would be best. Although combo patches at
this stage would not be a huge problem.