From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752693AbcFJRnw (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:43:52 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:58908 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750848AbcFJRnv (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:43:51 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:43:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20160610.104347.27574417059803210.davem@davemloft.net> To: k.kozlowski@samsung.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hch@infradead.org, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, julian.calaby@gmail.com, adam.buchbinder@gmail.com, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 39/44] sparc: dma-mapping: Use unsigned long for dma_attrs From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1465553521-27303-40-git-send-email-k.kozlowski@samsung.com> References: <1465553521-27303-1-git-send-email-k.kozlowski@samsung.com> <1465553521-27303-40-git-send-email-k.kozlowski@samsung.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:43:50 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:11:56 +0200 > Split out subsystem specific changes for easier reviews. This will be > squashed with main commit. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski If you split the method signatures from the type changes to the pointers that they are assigned to, this breaks bisection. You have to change them all at once, or use some other transitional mechanism for the intervening changes. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:43:47 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 39/44] sparc: dma-mapping: Use unsigned long for dma_attrs Message-Id: <20160610.104347.27574417059803210.davem@davemloft.net> List-Id: References: <1465553521-27303-1-git-send-email-k.kozlowski@samsung.com> <1465553521-27303-40-git-send-email-k.kozlowski@samsung.com> In-Reply-To: <1465553521-27303-40-git-send-email-k.kozlowski@samsung.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: k.kozlowski@samsung.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hch@infradead.org, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, julian.calaby@gmail.com, adam.buchbinder@gmail.com, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:11:56 +0200 > Split out subsystem specific changes for easier reviews. This will be > squashed with main commit. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski If you split the method signatures from the type changes to the pointers that they are assigned to, this breaks bisection. You have to change them all at once, or use some other transitional mechanism for the intervening changes.