Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] linux-user/syscall.c: Let all lock_user_struct() and unlock_user_struct() paired with each other

[Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi>]

Hi,

First of all, thanks Chen for taking time to improve the linux-user
codebase in qemu!

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 03:01:52PM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 26 January 2015 at 14:59, Chen Gang S <gang.chen@sunrus.com.cn> wrote:
> > On 1/26/15 06:10, Peter Maydell wrote:
> >> I would just like the commit message to be clear about the
> >> scope of the work the patch covers. If the patch is just "Fix
> >> mismatched lock/unlock calls in IPC struct conversion functions"
> >> then that's fine, but the commit message should say that. At the
> >> moment the commit message is very vague.
> >>
> >
> > OK, thanks.
> >
> > I am not quite familiar with this file, so I describe the modification
> > by function name, e.g. lock_user_struct() and unlick_user_struct() in
> > the patch subject.

> In a big file I think it's often more useful to describe the
> functions which are being changed. My suggested subject would be:
 
> "Fix mismatched lock/unlock calls in IPC struct conversion functions"
 
> Riku can decide if he wants a v2 or will just fix it up as he
> applies it to his linux-user tree.

No need for v2, I've change the title in my tree.

Riku