Re: [PATCH v5 08/13] ACPI: add perf low power callback

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 11:33:10PM -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 5:06 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 03:34:49PM -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > > This patch add an optional callback needed by some PMU features, e.g., AMD
> >
> > "This patch" is a documented fail.
> >
> I understand this is not ideal.

git grep -i "this patch" Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst

"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."

IOW, don't use "This patch" to start a Changelog (lot's of your patches
here do so).