Re: [PATCH] bugfix and cleanup patches in the TTM code for 3.1.

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Jun 08 2011 - 13:33:32 EST


On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 19:30:22 +0200 RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:

> Hi Konrad,
>
> 2011/6/8 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > The bug-fix "ttm: Do not increment the amount of pages in a pool by the current amount"
> > I never observed, but found while looking at the code. The cleanup patch:
> > "ttm: Fix spelling mistakes and remove unused #ifdef", I had posted earlier and Randy
> > Dunlap graciously added some extra cleanups - which I have rolled in.
>
> This is safe to put comments to the patch in the following place:
>
>
> Signed-off-by: (...)
> ---
> RIGHT HERE
> ---
> drivers/(...)
>
>
> When applying such a patch comments will not be visible in git log.
> You may find this easier method of commenting your patches.

Yes, it would remove the temptation to make a patch 0/<small_number>
that several people are (sadly) using recently.

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~Randy
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