linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hostfs: fix mismatch between link

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Message-ID: <2148931.zAvBH5bg2x@blindfold>
Date:   Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:30:12 +0100
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
        Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hostfs: fix mismatch between link_file definition and declaration

Am Montag, 18. März 2019, 09:41:28 CET schrieb Colin Ian King:
> On 17/03/2019 23:49, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > Am Montag, 18. März 2019, 00:09:09 CET schrieb Colin King:
> >> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >>
> >> The function link_file declaration in the header file has the order
> >> of the two arguments (from, to) swapped when compared to the definition
> >> arguments of (to, from).  Fix this by swapping them around to match
> >> the definition.
> >>
> >> This error predates the git history, so no idea when this error
> >> was introduced.
> > 
> > commit bf4f804738544a95b8bc8d6a7e2629c3fc0240dd
> > Author: jdike <jdike>
> > Date:   Sat Dec 9 22:52:44 2000 +0000
> > 
> >     hostfs now mostly works.  Almost all of the common operations are now
> >     implemented, the main exceptions being mknod and executing files from
> >     a hostfs filesystem.
> > 
> > Enough archaeology for today. :-)
> 
> Nice. How do you find these ancient git commits?

This commit is from the old UML cvs tree.
I did a import to git some time ago and pushed it to:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml-history.git/

For classic pre-git stuff, check:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git/

Thanks,
//richard