Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] perf/x86/intel: Record branch type

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 04:11:21PM +0800, Jin, Yao wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/11/2017 3:52 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > This is still a completely inadequate changelog. I really will not
> > accept patches like this.
> > 
> Hi,
> 
> The changelog is added in the cover-letter ("[PATCH v3 0/5] perf report: Show branch type").
> 
> Does the changelog need to be added in each patch's description?
> 
> That's fine, I can add and resend this patch.

The cover letter is not retained; it is throw away information.

Each patch should have a coherent changelog that explain why the patch
was done and explain non trivial things in the implementation.

Simply copy/pasting the same story in multiple patches is not right
either, for the simple fact that the patches were not the same. You did
a different thing, so you need a different story.