netdev - Re: [PATCH V4 mlx5-next 06/13] vfio: Fix VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_SET

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Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:32:08 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
Cc:     Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
        bhelgaas@...gle.com, jgg@...dia.com, saeedm@...dia.com,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, kwankhede@...dia.com,
        mgurtovoy@...dia.com, maorg@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 mlx5-next 06/13] vfio: Fix
 VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_SET_ERROR macro

On Tue, Oct 26 2021, Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 05:32:19PM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 26 2021, Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Fixed the non-compiled macro VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_SET_ERROR (i.e. SATE
>> > instead of STATE).
>> >
>> > Fixes: a8a24f3f6e38 ("vfio: UAPI for migration interface for device state")
>> > Signed-off-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
>> 
>> This s-o-b chain looks weird; your s-o-b always needs to be last.
>
> It is not such clear as it sounds.
>
> Yishai is author of this patch and at some point of time, this patch passed
> through my tree and it will pass again, when we will merge it. This is why
> my SOB is last and not Yishai's.

Strictly speaking, the chain should be Yishai->you->Yishai and you'd add
your s-o-b again when you pick it. Yeah, that looks like overkill; the
current state just looks weird to me, but I'll shut up now.