linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/12] pci : Use mutex instead of semaphore in driver core

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:29:41 +0800
From:	"Dave Young" <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
To:	"Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	"Matthew Wilcox" <matthew@....cx>, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] pci : Use mutex instead of semaphore in driver core

On Dec 29, 2007 7:42 PM, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > Patches should be self-contained for ease of bisecting.  I can't tell
> > whether this patch is correct or not because you haven't included all
> > the other places that need to change at the same time as this.
>
> I think a broken-up patch series isn't totally wrong to do for a first
> look at these RFC patches.  Of course the series needs to become a
> single patch before it is committed to a tree whose history needs to
> support bijection, e.g. -mm.
>
> However, Dave's postings lack a References: header which refer to his
> 00/12 posting.

Thanks.  I agree with you, for bitsection it should be a single one.

>
> (Also, a bonus in the 00/12 posting would be a listing of all patch
> titles in the series and the total diffstat of the series, but nearly
> nobody does this.)

Your sugestion is better.

And, andrew recommends not to use 00/xx introduction email in series
in his "The perfect patch":
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt

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