Commit messages (was: [PATCH v11] drm/amdgpu: add drm buddy support to amdgpu)

[Daniel Stone]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 at 08:19, Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com> wrote:
> Am 23.03.22 um 09:10 schrieb Paul Menzel:
> > Sorry, I disagree. The motivation needs to be part of the commit
> > message. For example see recent discussion on the LWN article
> > *Donenfeld: Random number generator enhancements for Linux 5.17 and
> > 5.18* [1].
> >
> > How much the commit message should be extended, I do not know, but the
> > current state is insufficient (too terse).
>
> Well the key point is it's not about you to judge that.
>
> If you want to complain about the commit message then come to me with
> that and don't request information which isn't supposed to be publicly
> available.
>
> So to make it clear: The information is intentionally hold back and not
> made public.

In that case, the code isn't suitable to be merged into upstream
trees; it can be resubmitted when it can be explained.

Cheers,
Daniel