linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: cmdlinepart: Update comment for introduction of OFFSET

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Message-ID: <20180523082047.2aa9e6ac@bbrezillon>
Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 08:20:47 +0200
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: cmdlinepart: Update comment for introduction of
 OFFSET_CONTINUOUS

On Tue, 22 May 2018 17:07:53 +0200
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:

> The comment about offset zero was not updated when changing behavior:
>   - Automatic offset calculation is indicated by OFFSET_CONTINUOUS,
>   - Zero really means offset zero.
> 
> Fixes: b175d03dd2072836 ("[PATCH] mtd cmdlinepart: allow zero offset value")

Did we switch to 16bytes for the short commit ids (I usually use 12
bytes)?

> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
> index fbd5affc0acfe3fe..3ea44cff9b759e3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
> @@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ static struct mtd_partition * newpart(char *s,
>  		extra_mem = (unsigned char *)(parts + *num_parts);
>  	}
>  
> -	/* enter this partition (offset will be calculated later if it is zero at this point) */
> +	/*
> +	 * enter this partition (offset will be calculated later if it is
> +	 * OFFSET_CONTINUOUS at this point)
> +	 */
>  	parts[this_part].size = size;
>  	parts[this_part].offset = offset;
>  	parts[this_part].mask_flags = mask_flags;