linux-kernel - Re: latest git pull changed drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:45:21 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
To:	Thomas Backlund <tmb@...driva.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, james.smart@...lex.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: latest git pull changed drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h to
 executable

On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 12:16 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> At latest pull, lpfs_hw4.h got set to executable...
> 
> git show def9c7a994f194377a23e687e6fd39b46c3ce631 --summary
> 
> states:
> 
> commit def9c7a994f194377a23e687e6fd39b46c3ce631
> Author: James Smart <james.smart@...lex.com>
> Date:   Mon Dec 21 17:02:28 2009 -0500
> 
>      [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.7: Fix hardware/SLI relates issues
> 
>      Fix hardware/SLI relates issues:
>      - Fix CNA uses more than one EQ when in INTx interrupt mode.
>      - Fix driver tries to process failed read FCF record mailbox request.
>      - Fix allocating single receive buffer breaks FCoE receive queue.
>      - Support new read FCF record mailbox error case.
> 
>      Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@...lex.com>
>      Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
> 
>   mode change 100644 => 100755 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h
> 
> 
> While looking at the same tree, I also noticed that:
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c is also executable.
> 
> I guess they should be fixed.

I'll remove the x flag for both.  I suppose a commit check that warns on
executables might be in order, since adding them to the tree is a rare
exception rather than a usual occurrence.

James


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