From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>,
Dan Schatzberg <schatzberg.dan@gmail.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] loop: Fix missing max_active argument in alloc_workqueue call
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:02:48 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f30c726-6351-6c70-bc8c-6a0aaad4d0a4@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210319094759.GH2087@kadam>
On 3/19/21 3:47 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 02:42:33PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 3/18/21 2:24 PM, Colin Ian King wrote:
>>> On 18/03/2021 20:12, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>> On 3/18/21 9:16 AM, Colin King wrote:
>>>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> The 3rd argument to alloc_workqueue should be the max_active count,
>>>>> however currently it is the lo->lo_number that is intended for the
>>>>> loop%d number. Fix this by adding in the missing max_active count.
>>>>
>>>> Dan, please fold this (or something similar) in when you're redoing the
>>>> series.
>>>>
>>> Appreciate this fix being picked up. Are we going to lose the SoB?
>>
>> If it's being redone, would be silly to have that error in there. Do
>> we have a tag that's appropriate for this? I often wonder when I'm
>> folding in a fix. Ala Fixes-by: or something like that.
>
> I've always lobied for a Fixes-from: tag, but the kbuild-bot tells
> everyone to add a Reported-by: tag. But then a lot of people are like
> Reported-by doesn't make sense. And other people are like Reported-by
> is fine, what's wrong with it?
I don't reported-by for this use either, as that is a lot more
appropriate for a single fix that fixes an issue that was reported by
(duh) that specific person.
Fixes-from seems a lot better.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-19 13:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-18 15:16 [PATCH][next] loop: Fix missing max_active argument in alloc_workqueue call Colin King
2021-03-18 19:18 ` Muhammad Usama Anjum
2021-03-18 20:12 ` Jens Axboe
2021-03-18 20:24 ` Colin Ian King
2021-03-18 20:42 ` Jens Axboe
2021-03-19 9:47 ` Dan Carpenter
2021-03-19 10:03 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-03-19 13:02 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2021-03-19 9:59 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-03-19 13:05 ` Jens Axboe
2021-03-19 15:51 ` Dan Schatzberg
2021-03-19 15:54 ` Dan Schatzberg
2021-03-19 15:56 ` Colin Ian King
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