Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: Fix memory allocation in nanddev_bbt_init()

Schrempf Frieder
2018-11-28T15:19:41Z

On 28.11.18 16:02, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:55:45 +0000
> Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Boris,
>>
>> On 28.11.18 15:41, Boris Brezillon wrote:
>>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:44:52 +0000
>>> Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fix the size of the buffer allocated to store the in-memory BBT.
>>>> This bug was previously hidden by a different bug, that was fixed in
>>>> d098093ba06e.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 9c3736a3de21 ("mtd: nand: Add core infrastructure to deal with NAND devices")
>>>> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>
>>>
>>> Looks like your From header does not match the SoB tag
>>> ('Frieder Schrempf' vs 'Schrempf Frieder') and checkpatch does not like
>>> that. I'll fix it when applying, but maybe you should fix
>>> your .gitconfig to make them match.
>>
>> Actually the From header in my local patch is correct (<first name>
>> <last name>, Frieder Schrempf) as it comes from my git config. But since
>> our company was renamed and our mail servers were transferred, our
>> e-mails are sent with From=<last name> <first name>.
>>
>> It seems like git send-email or patchwork or whatever uses the
>> information from the e-mail header instead of what is in the patch.
>>
>> I will try to raise this issue with our IT department as this would be
>> best fixed on their side.
>
> There's another solution: make git send-email add a From header in the
> message body.
>
> git config --global sendemail.from "Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>"

I don't get it. How would that change things? My From still wouldn't
match my SoB tags.