Hi Peter, Segher,
Thanks for going thru the patch!
I will make the proposed changes to the Changelog.

Regards,
Surya


On 23/08/22 6:58 pm, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 07:55:22AM -0500, Peter Bergner wrote:
>> It looks good to me, but I cannot approve it.
> 
> Same here (both statements).
> 
>> That said, you're missing
>> a ChangeLog entry for your new helper function.  The ChangeLog mentions
>> what changed, not why it changed.
> 
> And that is correct!  Changelogs should not say that, that isn't their
> purpose (in GCC), not what they are used for.  Explanations like that go
> in the email and/or the commit message.
> 
> The main remaining usefulness of changelogs is to spot unintended
> commmits.
> 
>> Maybe something like the following?
>>
>> gcc/
>>      PR rtl-optimization/105586
>>      * sched-rgn.cc (save_state_for_fallthru_edge): New function.
>>      (schedule_region): Use it for all blocks.
> 
> That looks perfect, it doesn't say "why" either :-)
> 
> 
> Segher

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