linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: Modify operators of printed

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Message-ID: <CAOVJa8H1ngfRMpABsHeJ+nndeLPEx4=KkW7tuXr5MLoRreaC8g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:00:11 +0800
From:   pierre kuo <vichy.kuo@...il.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: Modify operators of printed_len

hi Petr
> I just noticed that the same applies also to text_len
> variable. Well, it was caused by another commit ddb9baa822265b55
> ("printk: report lost messages in printk safe/nmi contexts").
> Could you please send a patch for this as well?
sure and it is my pleasure.

>
> This seems to be your first patch sent to the kernel mailing list.
Yes :-)

> There is a standard format how to reference older commits. It is
> 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")', see my comment above
> for an example.
>
> A good practice is to run ./scripts/checkpatch.pl <patch> before
> you send the patch. Well, you need to use a common sense and ignore
> false positives or hints that make a particular patch less readable
> in the end.
>
> Also it is handy to bump the version of the patch when it is
> updated, e.g. use [PATCH v2] in the subject. People also
> summarize changes against the previous version(s) below
> the --- line. Well, this is more useful when there is a longer
> delay between the versions and the changes are more complicated.
Really appreciate hints you provided and I will send the v2 patch soon.

Best Regards.