> -----Original Message----- > From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 11:00 AM > To: Jake Oshins <jakeo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan > <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Hadden > Hoppert <haddenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] drivers:hv: Use new vmbus_mmio_free() from > client drivers. > > Hi Jake, > > On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 05:47:43PM -0700, Jake Oshins wrote: > > This patch modifies all the callers of vmbus_mmio_allocate() > > to call vmbus_mmio_free() instead of release_mem_region(). > > This changelog merely restates the C code. Presumably there's some > important difference between release_mem_region() and > vmbus_mmio_free(), and we need a hint about what that is. > > Oh, I see, there actually is no difference *yet*, but it's coming. > I'd combine this with patch 2. Then the patch is obviously correct > all by itself, and the changelog for patch 2 makes clear what's > happening. > > In changelogs, don't bother with "this patch does" or "this function > is introduced." The context is obvious because the changelog is part > of the commit. Write imperative sentences, e.g., "Call > vmbus_mmio_free() instead of release_mem_region()." > Will do. Thanks. -- Jake Oshins _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
