linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xconfig: merge code path to conf

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:24:51 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hiromu Yakura <hiromu1996@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xconfig: merge code path to conf_write()

On 25.7.2011 17:25, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> Hi Michal,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
>> On 25.5.2011 15:18, Michal Marek wrote:
>>>
>>> The following patch avoids the data loss if the configuration cannot be
>>> saved.
>>>
>>> Michal
>>>
>>> Subject: [PATCH] xconfig: Abort close if configuration cannot be saved
>>>
>>> Give the user an opportunity to fix the error or save the configuration
>>> under a different path.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Hiromu Yakura<hiromu1996@...il.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek<mmarek@...e.cz>
>>
>> I completely forgot about this patch. It's applied now and will be in 3.1.
>>
> gni ? isn't this issue already fixed by
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/812862/ which went in v3.0 ??

That's the prerequisite. This patch makes sure that xconfig does not
exit if the save failed.

Michal
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