linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: Fix memory allocation in nanddev_bbt

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Message-ID: <20181128160215.45e5162e@bbrezillon>
Date:   Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:02:15 +0100
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>
To:     Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>
Cc:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        "linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: Fix memory allocation in nanddev_bbt_init()

On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:55:45 +0000
Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de> wrote:

> Hi Boris,
> 
> On 28.11.18 15:41, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:44:52 +0000
> > Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de> wrote:
> >   
> >> Fix the size of the buffer allocated to store the in-memory BBT.
> >> This bug was previously hidden by a different bug, that was fixed in
> >> d098093ba06e.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 9c3736a3de21 ("mtd: nand: Add core infrastructure to deal with NAND devices")
> >> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>  
> > 
> > Looks like your From header does not match the SoB tag
> > ('Frieder Schrempf' vs 'Schrempf Frieder') and checkpatch does not like
> > that. I'll fix it when applying, but maybe you should fix
> > your .gitconfig to make them match.  
> 
> Actually the From header in my local patch is correct (<first name> 
> <last name>, Frieder Schrempf) as it comes from my git config. But since 
> our company was renamed and our mail servers were transferred, our 
> e-mails are sent with From=<last name> <first name>.
> 
> It seems like git send-email or patchwork or whatever uses the 
> information from the e-mail header instead of what is in the patch.
> 
> I will try to raise this issue with our IT department as this would be 
> best fixed on their side.

There's another solution: make git send-email add a From header in the
message body.

git config --global sendemail.from "Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>"