[Cbe-oss-dev] SCHED_IDLE documentation

[Ingo Molnar]

* Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages at googlemail.com> wrote:

> >  commit 0e6aca43e08a62a48d6770e9a159dbec167bf4c6
> >  Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte.hu>
> >  Date:   Mon Jul 9 18:51:57 2007 +0200
> 
> Yep -- I found it later -- thanks.
> 
> Ingo, could you please CC me when kernel-userland API changes go into 
> mainline?  Otherwise, they potentially end up undocumented, and 
> un(der)used.

sure.

We could also add an in-commit-message marker for such changes, that you 
could periodically scan. Something like:

   User-ABI-extended-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte.hu>

and:

   User-ABI-modified-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte.hu>

that way you also know whom to contact about followup questions.

Declaring such changes would have other benefits as well: the review 
process becomes more streamlined. Also, any ABI side-effect would be 
known to be intentional versus unintentional, based on the commit 
headers alone. Undeclared ABI side-effects would be frowned upon and 
would be strong grounds for immediate reversal as well.

	Ingo