On 12/19/2012 12:47 AM, Shraddha Kamat wrote: > Sorry if this is not relevant to kernel. But since I am > patching the kernel - Please consider this as a uber beginner > question to ask on this mailing list - forgive me for that. > > Now my question is - > > What "@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@" mean in this snippet from the patch - The first number -321 means the line number of the original file that the change takes place. The next number & means that before the change, there were 7 lines of code. The next number +321 is the line number after the change. Since this is the first (and only change) it is the same as the first number. If there multiple changes in a patch, this number can differ greatly from the first number. The last number is the lines of code after the change. > > diff --git a/exec.h b/exec.h > index 722c620..6abb687 100644 > --- a/exec.h > +++ b/exec.h > @@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static void acct_arg_size(struct linux_binprm *bprm, > unsigned long pages); > > -- Shraddha > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
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