linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] staging: iio: ad7780: fix offset read value

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Date:   Sat, 3 Nov 2018 17:23:11 +0000
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Renato Lui Geh <renatogeh@...il.com>
Cc:     "Ardelean, Alexandru" <alexandru.Ardelean@...log.com>,
        "lars@...afoo.de" <lars@...afoo.de>,
        "knaack.h@....de" <knaack.h@....de>,
        "Hennerich, Michael" <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
        "giuliano.belinassi@....br" <giuliano.belinassi@....br>,
        "pmeerw@...erw.net" <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "kernel-usp@...glegroups.com" <kernel-usp@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] staging: iio: ad7780: fix offset read value

On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 12:59:16 -0300
Renato Lui Geh <renatogeh@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 15:02:32 +0000
> >"Ardelean, Alexandru" <alexandru.Ardelean@...log.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> Good catch.  
> 
> That was actually Jonathan's catch. :)
> 
> >> Acked-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@...log.com>  
> 
> I read up on Acked-by on the kernel docs, as I didn't know exactly what
> it meant, but I'm not so sure on how to proceed once the patch has been
> acked.  For future patches, do I add this Acked-by line on the patch's
> message body? Or is this just an informal way of approval?
It's formal.  You put the line directly below your Signed-off-by: line
if you are resending.  If I pick up the patch I paste it in there
whilst applying.

> 
> >On the basis this has been broken for a long time, and you are clearly
> >doing other nearby not fix work, I'm going to take this through the togreg
> >tree rather than via the quicker fix path.  It makes my life
> >easier :)
> >
> >Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing for
> >the autobuilders to play with it.  
> 
> So this means I should skip this patch on v4, right?
Yes. Already in the tree so don't send it again.

Thanks

Jonathan

> 
> Thanks,
> Renato
>