Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] mm/shmem: add `const` to lots of pointer parameters

From: Max Kellermann
Date: Mon Sep 01 2025 - 06:01:51 EST


On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm sorry, I have no time to argue about the basics of writing a patch
> description. I even proposed a simple example of what we (multiple
> reviewers) would expect as a bare minimum.

But Lorenzo Stoakes and Mike Rappoport wanted much more than that.

> If you feel like you need other rules than everybody else here

What other rules? I get confused by different requirements by different people.

Quite contrary - I want the same rules as everybody else. For example,
the same rules as Matthew Wilcox who already submitted similar patches
(with similar commit messages) that were merged without pushing him
around.