linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] net/ipv4/ipconfig.c: local symbols should be static

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Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:09:07 -0400
From:	"H Hartley Sweeten" <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net/ipv4/ipconfig.c: local symbols should be static

On Friday, October 16, 2009 6:04 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> The symbol ic_dev_xid is only used locally to track the device being
>> configured.  As such, it should be static.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
>
> 1) Your patch doesn't apply to current sources.

Strange.  I just did a git pull this afternoon.

bigguiness@...h:~/src/git/linux-2.6$ git show
commit 2fdc246aaf9a7fa088451ad2a72e9119b5f7f029
Merge: 7c650a0 4997811
Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 16 10:13:58 2009 -0700

    Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp
    
    * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp:
      amd64_edac: fix DRAM base and limit extraction masks, v2

What tree should network patches be based on?

> 2) You need to CC: all networking patch submissions to
>    netdev@...r.kernel.org so that your patch gets properly
>    tracked at http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list

Sorry about that.

Regards,
Hartley
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