linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESEND] i915: make array flex

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:40:40 +0000
From:   Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] i915: make array flex_regs static const


On 13/01/2022 09:21, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com> wrote:
>> Don't populate the read-only array flex_regs on the stack but
>> instead it static const. Also makes the object code a little smaller.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> RESEND: Use correct e-mail address for sign-off and From: in e-mail.
> 
> There are a number of things at play here:
> 
> - Our tooling checks for certain things, such as author/signed-off-by
>    match, after applying the patch.
> 
> - You have an entry in the kernel git .mailmap.
> 
> - The git log.mailmap config default has changed from false to true.
> 
> We apply the patch, and, with the default options, git show will display
> a different author than the signed-off-by.
> 
> We should use --no-use-mailmap when examining a commit to ensure the
> commit is internally consistent, regardless of .mailmap.

Yes that sounds like the right thing to do.

In the meantime I have pushed this patch.

Regards,

Tvrtko