Re: [PATCH] mips: n32: use compat getsockopt syscall

From: James Hogan
Date: Fri Jun 20 2014 - 06:50:48 EST


On 20/06/14 11:40, Sorin Dumitru wrote:
> On 06/20/14 12:54, James Hogan wrote:
>> On 20/06/14 08:53, Sorin Dumitru wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Sorin Dumitru <sdumitru@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> A little more commit message wouldn't hurt. Did it break a particular
>> program?
>
> Yes, it was found by an internal program trying to get IP_PKTOPTIONS on
> a cavium octeon board.
>
> Should I resubmit stating what was broken in the commit message?

Yeh, if you don't mind. I think it's useful to know exactly why a change
was made and what it fixes when later digging through the git history
(e.g. commit 515c7af85ed9 is a great example of that).

Thanks
James
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