netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] mlxsw: spectrum_ptp: use PTP wide message type definitions

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Date:   Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:01:54 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Christian Eggers <ceggers@...i.de>
Cc:     Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] mlxsw: spectrum_ptp: use PTP wide message
 type definitions

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 08:29:22PM +0100, Christian Eggers wrote:
> On Sunday, 22 November 2020, 15:35:55 CET, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 09:26:35AM +0100, Christian Eggers wrote:
> > > Use recently introduced PTP wide defines instead of a driver internal
> > > enumeration.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Christian Eggers <ceggers@....de>
> > > Cc: Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
> > > Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
> > > Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> >
> > But:
> >
> > 1. Checkpatch complains about:
> > WARNING: From:/Signed-off-by: email address mismatch: 'From: Christian
> > Eggers <ceggers@...i.de>' != 'Signed-off-by: Christian Eggers
> > <ceggers@....de>'
> unfortunately I changed this after running checkpatch. My intention was to
> separate my (private) weekend work from the patches I do while I'm on the job.

No problem. Just make sure that authorship and Signed-off-by agree. You
can use:

# git commit --amend --author="Christian Eggers <ceggers@....de>"

> 
> > 2. This series does not build, which fails the CI [1][2] and also
> > required me to fetch the dependencies that are currently under review
> > [3]. I believe it is generally discouraged to create dependencies
> > between patch sets that are under review for exactly these reasons.
> this was also not by intention. Vladimir found some files I missed in the
> first series. As the whole first series had already been reviewed at that time,
> I wasn't sure whether I am allowed to add further patches to it. Additionally
> I didn't concern that although my local build is successful, I should wait
> until the first series is applied...

Yea, I saw that, no problem :)

> 
> > I don't know what are Jakub's preferences, but had this happened on our
> > internal patchwork instance, I would just ask the author to submit
> > another version with all the patches.
> Please let me know how I shall proceed...

Jakub has the final say, so I assume he will comment on that.

Regardless, thanks for the patches.