Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove unnecessary operation in ext4_mb_regular_allocator()

[jing zhang <zj.barak@gmail.com>]

2010/3/24, tytso@mit.edu <tytso@mit.edu>:
> Thanks for separating the patches!
>
> Since you included a Signed-off-by in the earlier version of the
> patches, I'll assume it applies two these two patches.  For future
> reference, though, it saves me time and effort if you follow the
> guidelines specified in Documentation/SubmittingPatches, especially
> the section 15, ("The canonical patch format") which talks about using
> a separate e-mail for each patch (chained together using the
> In-reply-to: mail header fields).
>
> Among other reasons, it allows me to keep track of patches using the
> patchwork tool (see: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-ext4)
> so I don't forget about patches which are sent to me.  It also allows
> me to use tools such as "git am" to automatically apply patches.
>
> Note that there are tools like "git format-patches" and "git
> send-email" which make it very easy to send out patches which are
> compliant to the these recomendations.  They are not required, but
> they do make your job easier.
>
> I'll fix up these patches by hand, so it's no big deal, but in the
> future, it streamlines things if you follow the SubmittingPatches
> guidelines.  (See also the SubmitChecklist in the Documentation
> directory of the Linux sources).
>
> Many thanks,
>
> 						- Ted
>

Evening,

Sorry for my last reply that causes you have to deal the patches by
hand, and thank you, Ted, for your patience.

I will try hard to follow the guidelines specified in
Documentation/SubmittingPatches, and to learn how to git
format-patches.

Best
        - zj