Re: [PATCH 00/29] cxlflash: Miscellaneous bug fixes and corrections

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> On Sep 13, 2015, at 8:12 PM, Ian Munsie <imunsie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Matt & Manoj,
> 
> Just a general comment about this series - I'd like to see more detailed
> commit messages for almost all these patches. Of course James is the
> scsi maintainer and it's up to him whether to take these as is or not,
> but generally when you write a commit message for a bug fix you want to
> explain:
> 
> - What problem can occur, possibly including an example
> - Why it occurs
> - How this patch addresses it
> 
> You don't necessarily need to go overboard because at some point people
> can just read the code, but some of these patches don't have any detail
> beyond a single subject line, which is too little.
> 
> Speaking of the subject line - if the patch is fixing a bug there should
> be some indication of that in the subject (it should probably include
> the word "fix" somewhere). If the subject just states what you are
> changing then it's not immediately obvious that it is a bug fix.

This is a reasonable request. Will incorporate your suggestions
and send out in a v2 series. Thanks for the examples of what you
would like to see.


-matt

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