Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] fcntl: fix typo in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET r/w hint

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Oct 26 2018 - 10:44:41 EST


On 10/25/18 3:54 PM, Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
> According to commit message in the original commit v4.13-rc1~212^2~51,
> as well as userspace library[1] and man page update[2], R/W hint constants
> are intended to have RWH_* prefix. However, RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET retained
> "RWF_*" prefix used in earlyy versions of the proposed patch set[3].
> Rename it and provide the old name as a synonym for the new one
> for backward compatibility.
>
> [1] https://github.com/axboe/fio/commit/bd553af6c849
> [2] https://github.com/mkerrisk/man-pages/commit/580082a186fd
> [3] https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg09638.html

Looks good, thanks for catching this. One note:

> Fixes: c75b1d9421f8 ("fs: add fcntl() interface for setting/getting write life time hints")
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@xxxxxxxxx>

Why do you have two separate sign-offs?

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Jens Axboe