linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] fs: proc: use seq_open

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Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:27:21 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Rob Jones <rob.jones@...ethink.co.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...ethink.co.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] fs: proc: use seq_open_private()

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:21:45 +0100 Rob Jones <rob.jones@...ethink.co.uk> wrote:

> On 12/09/14 22:50, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:09:36 +0100 Rob Jones <rob.jones@...ethink.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>    fs: proc: use __seq_open_private()
> >>    fs: proc: use __seq_open_private()
> >
> > See the problem?  We have two different patches, both named the same.
> 
> Always another gotcha! :-)
> 
> Seriously, does it say anywhere that patch names have to be unique? It
> makes perfect sense when it's pointed out but it never occurred to me.

Not explicitly as far as I know.  Documentation/SubmittingPatches
implies it.  Search for "unique".

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