[PATCH 12/15] powerpc/watchpoint: Prepare handler to handle more than one watcnhpoint
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Mar 19 08:27:26 AEDT 2020
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 12:44:52PM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Le 18/03/2020 à 12:35, Michael Ellerman a écrit :
> >Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr> writes:
> >>Le 09/03/2020 à 09:58, Ravi Bangoria a écrit :
> >>>Currently we assume that we have only one watchpoint supported by hw.
> >>>Get rid of that assumption and use dynamic loop instead. This should
> >>>make supporting more watchpoints very easy.
> >>
> >>I think using 'we' is to be avoided in commit message.
> >
> >Hmm, is it?
> >
> >I use 'we' all the time. Which doesn't mean it's correct, but I think it
> >reads OK.
> >
> >cheers
>
> From
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html :
>
> Describe your changes in imperative mood, e.g. “make xyzzy do frotz”
> instead of “[This patch] makes xyzzy do frotz” or “[I] changed xyzzy
> to do frotz”, as if you are giving orders to the codebase to change its
> behaviour.
That is what is there already? "Get rid of ...".
You cannot describe the current situation with an imperative.
Segher
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