Re: [PATCH] mfd: (max8997) Handle the potential error for mfd_add_devices

From: Laszlo Papp
Date: Mon Dec 16 2013 - 11:13:53 EST


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Richard Weinberger
<richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Laszlo Papp <lpapp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > The $SUBJECT line is wrong. To see how a subsystem usually formats
>>>> > theirs you must do something like `git log --oneline -- <subsystem>`.
>>>> > And duplicate the format.
>>>> >
>>>> > Commit message?
>>>
>>> These comments are still relevant, please re-post your patch with the
>>> points rectified.
>>
>> I really do not understand how they relevant. "Commit message?" ->
>> What about it? It has a pretty clear commit message. Are you now just
>> picking nits about "foo:" vs "(foo)" in the short line?
>
> The commit message needs to have subject and a body.

Why? What advantage does that have in very simple cases like this?

> A good message body explains what the current situation is, why it is
> broken/has problems
> and how this patch fixes that.

The current commit message explains that in my opinion. Please bring
up real issues with it.
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