On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 07:22:46PM +0100, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> It's just a couple lines below. I trigger this using `-z uniq-symbol`
> which uses numeric suffixes for globals as well.
Aha, so that's for the fgkaslr purposes now.
> It fixes a commit dated 2014, thus Cc:stable. Although the
> remove_dot() might've been introduced for neverlanded GCC LTO, but
> in fact numeric suffixes are used a lot by the toolchains in regular
> builds as well. Just not for globals, that's why it's "well hidden".
Does "well hidden" warrant a stable backport then? Because if no
toolchain is using numeric suffixes for globals, then no need for the
stable tag, I'd say.
> I thought it's a common saying in commit messages, isn't it?
Lemme give you my canned and a lot more eloquent explanation for that:
"Please use passive voice in your commit message: no "we" or "I", etc,
and describe your changes in imperative mood.
Also, pls read section "2) Describe your changes" in
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for more details.
Also, see section "Changelog" in
Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst
Bottom line is: personal pronouns are ambiguous in text, especially with
so many parties/companies/etc developing the kernel so let's avoid them
please."
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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