[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/11] eal: replace rte_panic instances in hugepage_info

Arnon Warshavsky arnon at qwilt.com
Fri Apr 20 15:11:26 CEST 2018


Now clear.Thanks

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 5:50 PM, Burakov, Anatoly <anatoly.burakov at intel.com
> wrote:

> On 19-Apr-18 3:45 PM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
>
>> On 19-Apr-18 3:09 PM, Arnon Warshavsky wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Anatoly. Will fix that in v5.
>>> Is it preferred to keep all version notes in the cover letter alone?
>>>
>>>
>> Generally, cover letter should give general outline (i.e. "fixed 32 bit
>> compile"), while notes for individual patches should be more specific about
>> the changes between versions (but not too specific, i.e. don't do "change
>> variable X on line 100 to be Y").
>>
>> So, whatever you think gets your point across best. Not all changes
>> deserve to be called out in the cover letter.
>>
>> Just to be clear:
>
> With my initial reply, i did not mean "patch notes should be in the cover
> letter". What i meant was that you have put your version changes "e.g. v4 -
> changed this to that" into the commit message.
>
> What you should have done is put your patch notes after the commit
> message, like this:
>
> replace panic calls with log and retrun value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnon Warshavsky <arnon at qwilt.com>
> ---
>
> v4
> static size calculation function changed to return success/fail code
> in addition to filling  the size result.
>
>
>  lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c | 32
> ++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> Note that the v4 comments are after the "---" - this is where the commit
> message ends as far as git concerned, so you can put your notes there.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Anatoly
>



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