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From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
To: thomas@m3y3r.de
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: Cocci spatch "ptr_ret.spatch"
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:02:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51AB0A26.6070608@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130601.193717.2203825358470502762.davem@davemloft.net>

Hello Thomas,

additionally to provide a proper log message it is a usual to provide the
coccinelle expression that found the source to be changed.

http://lwn.net/Articles/315686/


E.g. like these

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135081679626023&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135194048501621&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135306967411758&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135304902302198&w=2


Regards,
Oliver

On 02.06.2013 04:37, David Miller wrote:
> From: Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
> Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:59:11 +0200
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
> 
> This obscure reference to the cocci path you used to find/fix
> this problem is insufficient in detail for a commit log message.
> 
> You must explain exactly what the problem is, and how you fixed
> it, in full sentences.   You must make your commit header lin
> subject more appropriate as well.
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-02  9:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-01  9:59 [PATCH] netdev: Cocci spatch "ptr_ret.spatch" Thomas Meyer
2013-06-02  2:37 ` David Miller
2013-06-02  9:02   ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
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2013-06-01  9:55 Thomas Meyer

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