linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb-core: Remove Fix mes in file hcd.c

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:07:41 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, mail@...ermatthias.de,
	hdegoede@...hat.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	valentine.barshak@...entembedded.com,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb-core: Remove Fix mes in file hcd.c

On 07/23/2014 05:24 AM, Nick Krause wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> wrote:
>> On 07/18/2014 10:52 PM, Nick Krause wrote:
>>>>> Please explain exactly why it's not needed, why it can never be NULL, and
>>>>> what prevents it from being NULL.
>>>>>
>>>>> "after dicussing" (do you run spellcheck on your mails?) won't mean anything
>>>>> to someone looking at this commit in a year.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your commit message also mentions usb_device which has nothing to do with
>>>>> your patch.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Sasha
>>>
>>> Sasha ,
>>> Greg seems to have signed it off.
>>> Cheers Nick
>>
>> Greg?
>>
>> Even if the patch is correct (and I'm not saying it is) the commit message is way off.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sasha
>
>
> Sasha,
> The patch is in the  kernel now.

Greg's tree is not Linus' tree, so it's not set to stone in git commit 
history yet.

 > I am not going through the trouble of removing
> it, if you want to fix the commit message go on ahead.
> Nick

This kind of attitude might significantly lower your chances of future 
patches being accepted.

Vlastimil


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