Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v6.14

From: Uladzislau Rezki
Date: Wed Jan 22 2025 - 06:28:14 EST


On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 02:51:15PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 at 09:24, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Please pull the latest RCU git tree from:
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux.git tags/rcu.release.v6.14
>
> Hmm. I have pulled this, and the resulting shortlog matches what you
> say I should have gotten.
>
> But your diffstat is odd and looks very wrong.
>
> Things like this:
>
> > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/map_tests/lpm_trie_map_basic_ops.c | 395 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> were already in my tree from before, and aren't new (and your shortlog
> doesn't mention them).
>
> Also, look at that line. It's long. It's not supposed to be that long.
> You've presumably generated this (incorrect) diffstat in a very wide
> terminal, and then cut-and-pasted that very wide output into the
> email.
>
> Please don't do that. Yes, git will default to wide output if the
> output is a wide terminal, but if you either pipe it into something
> else (may I suggest "xsel", so that it goes directly into your X
> clipboard).
>
> Or use "--stat=80" to limit the width manually to 80 columns.
>
> But the strange formatting is the less worrisome issue. The diffstat
> just being plain wrong is the more alarming thing.
>
Thank you for taking this in!

My script that generates a diff-stat is not perfect, i will fix it.
Sorry this is my bad.

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Uladzislau Rezki