From: Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@gmail.com>
To: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, julia.lawall@lip6.fr
Cc: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 0/2] Use #include <linux/uaccess.h> instead of <asm/uaccess.h>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 06:30:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150221043035.GA12042@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54E6E6C0.1090605@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 01:18:16PM +0530, Preeti U Murthy wrote:
> Hi Aya,
>
> On 02/20/2015 07:13 AM, Aya Mahfouz wrote:
> > This patchset replaces <asm/uaccess.h> by <linux/uaccess.h>. The
> > replacements is safe since the header file <linux/uaccess.h> includes
> > <asm/uaccess.h>
>
> Like Julia mentioned its a thoughtful comment. Such explanations are
> encouraged. However, it will be more valuable to include the above
> explanation in the changelogs of the patches also since those go into
> the git log of the kernel. The cover letter contains an overview of the
> patchset to help the reviewers. They do not get documented in the
> history of changes to the kernel. Would you therefore be able to resend
> this as a fresh version including the above lines in the changelog of
> the individual patches?
>
> Regards
> Preeti U Murthy
Thank you Julia and Preeti for your comments. I will not send a new
version of this patch since the driver will be out of staging as Julia
stated in another thread. However, I will keep your advice in mind for
future patches.
Kind Regards,
Aya Saif El-yazal Mahfouz
> >
> > Aya Mahfouz (2):
> > staging: i2o: Use #include <linux/uaccess.h> instead of
> > <asm/uaccess.h>
> > staging: i2o: Use #include <linux/uaccess.h> instead of
> > <asm/uaccess.h>
> >
> > drivers/staging/i2o/i2o_config.c | 3 +--
> > drivers/staging/i2o/i2o_proc.c | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-21 4:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-20 1:43 [PATCH 0/2] Use #include <linux/uaccess.h> instead of <asm/uaccess.h> Aya Mahfouz
2015-02-20 1:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] staging: i2o: " Aya Mahfouz
2015-02-20 1:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] " Aya Mahfouz
2015-02-20 7:20 ` [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 0/2] " Julia Lawall
2015-02-20 7:48 ` Preeti U Murthy
2015-02-21 4:30 ` Aya Mahfouz [this message]
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