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

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:59:31 -0500
From:	James Smart <james.smart@...lex.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
CC:	Thomas Backlund <tmb@...driva.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: latest git pull changed drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h to executable

Thank You James. Sorry for the disruption.  This is what I get for moving to a 
git-derived patch, instead of my own diff scripts which ignore things like 
this. Don't know what changed it in the first place.

-- james s


James Bottomley wrote:
> 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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