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Date:      Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:15:58 -0700
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Kubilay Kocak <koobs@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r355407 - head/sys/fs/tmpfs
Message-ID:  <2db52a541d0a48ec0e706de2fb4605749f9c4fa4.camel@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <80859C2E-1973-4E89-BAD2-5586CC683504@gmail.com>
References:  <20191205133544.GE2744@kib.kiev.ua> <80859C2E-1973-4E89-BAD2-5586CC683504@gmail.com>

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On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 10:05 -0800, Enji Cooper wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 2019, at 05:36, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > Could you elaborate on the why/rationale?
> > > 
> > > Is there memory wastage/duplication, bug(s), performance or 
> > > development/maintenance benefit?
> > 
> > Each mount/unmount of tmpfs created and destroyed two zones, as it
> > is
> > easy to see from the patch.
> 
> Commit messages should provide helpful summaries of changes. Having
> to look at and understand the patch requires domain knowledge which
> the reader may or may not have. Kubilay’s request seems valid to me.
> 
> -Enji

I agree.  You read the diff to see the details of what changed.  You
read the commit message to see why.

-- Ian





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