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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] net: sctp: bug fixing when sctp path recovers

On 11/13/2013 09:48 PM, Chang wrote:
>
> On 11/13/2013 08:10 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>> On 11/13/2013 08:06 PM, Chang wrote:
>>> On 11/13/2013 09:44 AM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>>> On 11/13/2013 03:54 AM, Chang wrote:
>>>>> On 11/13/2013 03:37 AM, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/12/2013 08:34 PM, Chang Xiangzhong wrote:
>>>>>>> Look for the __two__ most recently used path/transport and set
>>>>>>> to active_path
>>>>>>> and retran_path respectively
>>>>
>>>> Please also for the log, elaborate a bit more, explaining what
>>>> currently
>>>> happens, and what the effects of this bug are, so that later when
>>>> people
>>>> are looking through the Git log they can easily get what problem
>>>> you are
>>>> trying to fix; and if possible, add:
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: <12 digits SHA1> ("<commit title>")
>>>>
>>> Yeah, sure, I'll elaborate that more specifically.
>>
>> Thanks !
>>
>>> I assume the 12-digit SHA1 is the revision number. But may I ask
>>> where and how shall I add the tag "Fixes" tag? The revision number
>>> is generated after "git commit", how can I know that in advance?
>>
>> Nope, it's the affected commit id from the current git log that
>> your patch fixes.
>>
>> Have a look for example at commit:
>>
>> 98bbc06aabac5a2 ("net: x86: bpf: don't forget to free sk_filter (v2)")
> Thank you for your quick response. I'm quite green on kernel
> programming and git. So here's one question:
> To find the the revision that **caused** the bug, I could use gitk to
> trace the changing of the file(s) history. Is that correct?
>
Let's say the following condition
A - the initial revision
B - something was wrong that introduced a bug
C - latest revision
MyFix - fixing the bug caused by B. Shall I specify B or C in the
"fixes:" tag?


revision introduces a bug
|
A -> B -> C ->MyFix
|
latest revision


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