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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	Justin Sanders <justin@coraid.com>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, Xu Panda <xu.panda@zte.com.cn>,
	Yang Yang <yang.yang29@zte.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aoe: refactor deprecated strncpy
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:00:45 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e6433ada-16db-4d16-801b-9a3fd5460467@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFhGd8pwtUSJBzepe=GBeyKuhD6ND6aWjeeT477Sdb4YTYDL_Q@mail.gmail.com>

On 9/18/23 1:03 AM, Justin Stitt wrote:
>> Change looks fine to me too, but for the love of $deity, please use
>> a proper subject line for these kinds of patches. It's not refactoring
>> anything.
>>
> 
> Fair.
> 
> Perhaps "xyz: replace strncpy with strscpy"?

That's a lot more descriptive, as a) it's actually accurate, and b) this
is what the patch does. You just sent another one with this refactor
wording which makes zero sense, please resend this and others targeted
at block with a proper description.

-- 
Jens Axboe


      reply	other threads:[~2023-09-18 16:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-11 21:09 [PATCH] aoe: refactor deprecated strncpy Justin Stitt
2023-09-15  3:21 ` Kees Cook
2023-09-15 13:36   ` Jens Axboe
2023-09-18  7:03     ` Justin Stitt
2023-09-18 14:00       ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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