linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ceph: fix memory leak in mount error path when using test_dummy

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Date:   Fri, 4 Nov 2022 11:21:05 +0000
From:   Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
To:     "Chen, Rong A" <rong.a.chen@...el.com>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, Xiubo Li <xiubli@...hat.com>,
        Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ceph: fix memory leak in mount error path when using
 test_dummy_encryption

On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 06:02:55PM +0800, Chen, Rong A wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/4/2022 5:47 PM, Luís Henriques wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 02:40:25PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > Hi Luís,
> > > 
> > > Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve:
> > > 
> > > [auto build test ERROR on ceph-client/for-linus]
> > > [also build test ERROR on linus/master v6.1-rc3 next-20221104]
> > > [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
> > > And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
> > > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
> > > 
> > > url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Lu-s-Henriques/ceph-fix-memory-leak-in-mount-error-path-when-using-test_dummy_encryption/20221103-233629
> > > base:   https://github.com/ceph/ceph-client.git for-linus
> > 
> > Well, thank you very much!  Now, how do I tell this bot that this patch
> > isn't targeting this branch?
> 
> Hi Luis,
> 
> The below message may help:
> 
> >> [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
> >> And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
> >> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

Ah! Awesome, thank you very much for pointing me at this.  I'll try to
remember next time to use '--base' when sending patches for a specific
branch.

> we also appreciate that if developers can tell us the right branch
> to improve the bot when applied to wrong place.

Yeah, I guess that in general the bot is picking the right branch for
ceph.  In this case, the patch was for the fscrypt development branch, so
my mistake for not using '--base'.

Cheers,
--
Luís