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.