linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/cma: Fix reversed test

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Message-ID: <D2B4EC94-0480-4DA1-8945-3CA3AC7485ED@mellanox.com>
Date:   Sat, 28 Jan 2017 12:47:10 +0000
From:   Majd Dibbiny <majd@...lanox.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>,
        "christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr" <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        "hal.rosenstock@...il.com" <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
        "sean.hefty@...el.com" <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/cma: Fix reversed test

We have message sniffer that checks for unwanted prints after each test..

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 28, 2017, at 8:59 AM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 07:05:52PM -0500, Doug Ledford wrote:
>>> Do you think this patch needs "Fixes:" and "Cc: stable" tags?
>> 
>> It does not.
> 
> We always should have fixes tags.
> 
> When I'm reviewing, I try to look up the patch which introduced the bug
> so I can figure out what the intent was.  Having a Fixes tag speeds up
> my work.
> 
> Looking at how the bug was introduced sometimes helps to prevent bugs
> from recurring in the future.  For example, I've seen several bugs
> introduced because the right people weren't on the CC to review it.  For
> this particular bug it feels like probably this bug could have been
> detected with more testing.  I doubt it would have made it into a
> released kernel.
> 
> Also it let's you CC the original authors and hopefully they can Ack it.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
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