Re: [RFC PATCH v2 06/10] kvm: guest_memfd: Add support for freezing and unfreezing mappings

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Sean Christopherson <[email protected]> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026, Ackerley Tng wrote:
>> Tarun Sahu <[email protected]> writes:
>> 
>> > This patch introduces the freeze on gmem_inode which prevents
>> 
>> Can't find the reference now, but commit messages should take the
>> imperative mood and avoid "this patch" [*]
>
> From 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.
>
> Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst and Documentation/process/maintainer-kvm-x86.rst
> elaborate more on the preferred style (I do most of the guest_memfd maintenance,
> and so for all intents and purpose it's bound by KVM x86 "rules").


Thanks!. Will take care of that.
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