Re: [PATCH v2] xfs: add check before calling xfs_mod_fdblocks

From: Stephen Zhang
Date: Tue Jun 21 2022 - 04:39:58 EST


Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 于2022年6月21日周二 15:39写道:
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 03:02:24PM +0800, Shida Zhang wrote:
> > Checks are missing when delta equals 0 in __xfs_ag_resv_free() and
> > __xfs_ag_resv_init().
>
> This describes what the patch does, not the problem being solved is.
>
> i.e. This doesn't tell the reader why the delta can be zero in these
> places, nor does it tell them what the impact of it being zero is.
> We can't use this information to identify a system that is having
> problems due to this issue because they havent' been described.
>
> Hence when I ask for more detail about how something occurs, what I'm
> asking for is a description of the how the problem was found, what
> the impact of the problem has on systems, how the problem is
> reproduced, etc.
>
> Something led you to finding this problem - tell us the story so we
> also know what you know and so can understand why the change needs
> to be made. A good commit description tells the reader everything
> you know about the problem that needs to be fixed, the code change
> itself will then describe how the problem was fixed...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
> --
> Dave Chinner
> david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks for your suggestion. I will try to rephrase the description.

Cheers,

Stephen.