Re: [PATCH 2/2] sysctl: lockdep support for sysctl reference counting.

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Mon Mar 30 2009 - 18:53:31 EST


Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> So I merged these two patches. I designated them as to-be-merged via
> Alexey, with a Cc:Peter (IOW: wakey wakey ;))

It is more sysctl than proc but whichever. As long as people aren't
blind sided at the last minute I'm fine.

> Regarding this:
>
>> From: ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Eric W. Biederman)
>> ...
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It doesn't make a lot of sense to have a different Author: address,
> IMO. So I rewrote the From: address to be ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> OK?

>From my perspective it does. It is much easier to use my personal
email setup for doing kernel work. But I need to indicate I am
signing off as an employee of AristaNetworks. Saying aristanetworks
in my signed-off-by seems a little more official.

Eric

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