linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix typo in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT

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Message-ID: <20181025150045.GC1535@asgard.redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:00:45 +0200
From:   Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix typo in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET constant name

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 08:25:44AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 10/25/18 8:19 AM, Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 07:51:14PM +0200, Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> This is a small fix of a typo (or, more specifically, some remnant of
> >> the old patch version spelling) in RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET constant,
> >> which is named as RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET currently.  Since the name
> >> with "H" is used in man page and everywhere else, it's probably worth
> >> to make the name used in the fcntl.h UAPI header in line with it.
> >> Second follow-up patch updates (the sole) usage site of this constant
> >> in kernel to use the new spelling.
> >>
> >> The old name is retained as it is part of UAPI now.
> > 
> > Hello, are there issues with the patches?
> 
> I only got the 0/2 patch, none of the two others..

Uh, sorry, I see them on lkml[1][2], but likely have messed up git
format-patch options, as I usually do. Will resend shortly.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/6/292
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/6/291

> -- 
> Jens Axboe
>