Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/10] ppc: Create cpu_ppc_set_papr() helper (for LPCR)

[David Gibson]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 08:52:12AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> On 06/14/2016 08:15 AM, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 07:24:48AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> >> From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <address@hidden>
> >>
> >> And move the code adjusting the MSR mask and calling kvmppc_set_papr()
> >> to it. This allows us to add a few more things such as disabling setting
> >> of MSR:HV and appropriate LPCR bits which will be used when fixing
> >> the exception model.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <address@hidden>
> >> Reviewed-by: David Gibson <address@hidden>
> >> [clg: previous commit 26a7f1291bb5 did not include the LPCR setting as
> >>       it was not needed at the time ]
> > 
> > I see how this came about, but it means the commit message (both long
> > and short) is confusingly mismatched from the code now.
> 
> OK. I will work on it.
> 
> For my education, how much can we change the initial changelog of a patch ?
> Is it considered as part of the code ? 

I'm not entirely sure I follow the question, but AFAIK it's entirely
ok to reword and clarify a commit message as it moves through the
signed-off-by chain.

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