From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] get_unmapped_area checks for TASK_SIZE before MAP_FIXED on sparc32 Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 18:18:34 +0200 Message-ID: <20120509161834.GA13133@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <1336488022-3723-1-git-send-email-murzin.v@gmail.com> <1336488022-3723-4-git-send-email-murzin.v@gmail.com> <20120508162722.GA11624@merkur.ravnborg.org> <20120509080705.GA3516@pinguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtp.snhosting.dk ([87.238.248.203]:63720 "EHLO smtp.domainteam.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751644Ab2EIQSj (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2012 12:18:39 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120509080705.GA3516@pinguin> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Vladimir Murzin Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, davem@davemloft.net, lethal@linux-sh.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 12:07:08PM +0400, Vladimir Murzin wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 06:27:22PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 06:40:19PM +0400, Vladimir Murzin wrote: > > > Move check for TASK_SIZE before MAP_FIXED in sparc32's arch_get_unmapped_area(). > > > > I would be good to copy relevant parts of your cover letter into each patch. > > when the patches are applied we looses the cover letter... > > > > In my opinion patches are quite trivial and self-explained. However, > if there are requests to update patches in this way I'll do it in v2. The cahngelog say this: Move check for TASK_SIZE before MAP_FIXED in sparc32's arch_get_unmapped_area(). And this is exactly what the code does. But neither say anything WHY this is done. And if that WHY is not explained then the changelog is not good. Sam