Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/xen/entry: Rename xenpv_exc_nmi to noist_exc_nmi

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Apr 30 2021 - 08:05:52 EST


On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:15:51 +0200
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Nit, but in change logs, please avoid stating "next patch" as searching git
> > history (via git blame or whatever) there is no such thing as "next patch".
>
> Interesting, I use next patch(es) relatively often, though you're right
> that something like "in preparation for" works just as well. Yes, it's
> the previous in "git log", but you get what it's meant in practice. :)

It's not always the previous in a git log. Git log sorts by time, and
if an unrelated commit was created in between those two patches, it
will be in between them.

-- Steve