Re: [PATCH RERESEND 04/11] tracing: tracing_buffers_splice_read: behave as-if non-blocking I/O

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:45:02 +0100
Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Otherwise we risk sleeping with the pipe locked for indeterminate
> lengths of time.

This change log is really lacking.

Why is this an issue?

 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/qk6hjuam54khlaikf2ssom6custxf5is2ekkaequf4hvode3ls@zgf7j5j4ubvw/t/#u

The change log should not rely on any external links. Those are for
reference only. At a bare minimum, the change log should have a tl;dr;
summary of the issue. The change log itself should have enough information
to understand why this change is happening without the need to look at any
links.

-- Steve