Re: [PATCH] proc: fix documentation for /proc/stat, line "intr"

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

On 04/23/2014 11:48 AM, Jan Moskyto Matejka wrote:
> n Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 03:35:39PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 04/22/14 11:19, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>>> On 04/22/2014 05:29 PM, Jan Moskyto Matejka wrote:
>>>> The sum at the beginning of line "intr" includes also unnumbered interrupts.
>>>> It implies that the sum at the beginning isn't the sum of the remainder of the
>>>> line, not even an estimation.
>>>>
>>>> Fixed the documentation to mention that.
>>>
>>> I'm not really doubting what you claim, Jan, but it would be really
>>> helpful if you provided some data to support the proposed change
>>> (Kernel source references, or notes about testing you've done, or 
>>> pointers to mailing list threads, authoritative note that you are
>>> the maintainer of some relevant kernel subsystem...). Do you have
>>> something like that? (It's also useful for the change log.)
>>
>> I wouldn't mind more of a changelog, but the additional text is
>> certainly correct.
>>
>> Thanks.  I'll apply the patch, but more changelog comments are welcome.
> 
> Thank you for applying.
> 
> You may add following line to the changelog:
> This behaviour was added to /proc/stat in commit a2eddfa95919a730e0e5ed17e9c303fe5ba249cd.

Thanks, Jan -- that's indeed helpful for the man-pages changelog!


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