Re: [v2 0/3] Enable L2 Cache Allocation Technology

[Yi Sun <yi.y.sun@linux.intel.com>]

On 16-09-23 10:41:45, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:06:54AM +0800, Yi Sun wrote:
> > On 16-09-22 11:18:12, Wei Liu wrote:
> > > Hi Yi
> > > 
> > > Thanks for submitting this series.  I see that all the actual patches
> > > are not chained to 0/3. It would be better if they show up as replies to
> > > 0/3.
> > > 
> > > The workflow for sending patch series differs from person to person, so
> > > we don't want to  dictate how you use your tool. But we have written a
> > > wiki page on how to submit patches to xen-devel. That contains some tips
> > > about git.
> > > 
> > > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Submitting_Xen_Project_Patches#Sending_the_patches_to_the_list
> > > 
> > > Feel free to ask questions here. I would be happy to share how I do it
> > > if you're interested.
> > > 
> > > Wei.
> > 
> > Hi, Wei,
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for your kindness! I just went through the wiki and found I
> > should use '--in-reply-to=', right? If you can share your steps that would
> > be great.
> 
> Assuming you send out your cover letter separately from your patches,
> yes, --in-reply-to= is the option that you need to add to `git
> send-email' invocation. The <identifier> (see `git help send-email')
> part is the message id of your cover letter. You should be able to get
> that after sending out the cover letter.
> 
> My current preferred workflow is to have git handle everything for me.
> I have a separate file for the *content* of cover letter. And to generate
> everything including the cover letter *email*:
> 
> $ git format-patch <revision range> --reroll-count=$N --cover-letter
> 
> Then you will have v$N-0000-cover-letter.patch plus a few v$N-*.patch.
> Use you favourite text editor to edit the cover letter, import the
> content, edit it as you wish.
> 
> To send out all you patches including the cover letter:
> 
> $ git send-email *.patch --to xen-devel@... --cc maintainers@...  --dry-run
> 
> When you're confident the list of emails looks correct, delete --dry-run
> to actually send them.
> 
> This way git send-email will automatically chain all actual patches to
> cover letter.
> 
> Some people have built other tools on top of porcelain git to track more
> stuff. I'm experimenting with a tool called git-series, but it is too
> early to say if it is the right tool for me.
> 
> Anyway, read git manpage. It has a lot of information in it.
> 
Many thanks for the details! They are very helpful. I will read manual and
test the flow.

> > 
> > Can I send the patches again after addressing Ian's comments?
> > 
> 
> It's better to wait a bit for hypervisor maintainers to comment on the
> first three patches.
> 
Sure. Thank you!

> Wei.
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Yi

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