linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 09/21] libnvdimm, nd_pmem: add libnvdimm support to the pmem driver

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Message-ID: <20150609063657.GC9804@lst.de>
Date:	Tue, 9 Jun 2015 08:36:57 +0200
From:	"hch@....de" <hch@....de>
To:	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"linux-nvdimm@...1.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...1.01.org>,
	"neilb@...e.de" <neilb@...e.de>,
	"linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	"hch@....de" <hch@....de>, "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"rafael@...nel.org" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 09/21] libnvdimm, nd_pmem: add libnvdimm support to
	the pmem driver

On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 07:31:38PM +0000, Williams, Dan J wrote:
> I like move-modify patches because they make the reason for the move
> clearer and revertible.  Consider a general case where we later decide
> the reason for a move was invalid.  Reverting the reason also reverts
> the file move, that doesn't automatically happen when it is split to
> another commit.

BS.  A move is never fundamentally related to the change.  Your
series would work perfectly fine without the move for example.
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