linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: replace ds with ps where possible

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Message-ID: <877ffgmplt.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:55:26 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: replace ds with ps where possible

Hi Andrew,

Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> writes:

> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 09:24:06PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
>> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
>> 
>> The dsa_switch structure ds is actually needed in very few places,
>> mostly during setup of the switch. The private structure ps is however
>> needed nearly everywhere. Pass ps, not ds internally.
>> 
>> [vd: rebased Andrew's patch.]
>
> Hi Vivien
>
> Thanks for picking up this patch and rebasing it.
>
> I would generally put comments like that bellow the ---. They don't
> need to be in the commit log.

I've seen that '[<initials-or-firstname>: <message>]' is often used to
inject notes in the message, but that might not be a standard.

Thanks for the note,

       Vivien