similar to: [PATCH] [365/2many] MAINTAINERS - PARAVIRT_OPS INTERFACE

On 23 February 2017 at 17:18, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2017-02-23 at 09:28 -0600, Rob Herring wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 1:11 AM, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote: >> > There are ~4300 uses of pr_warn and ~250 uses of the older >> > pr_warning in the kernel source tree. >> > >> > Make the use of pr_warn

On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 09:41 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2018, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote: > > There is currently a mixture of octal and symbolic permissions uses > > in files in drivers/gpu/drm and one file in drivers/gpu. > > > > There are ~270 existing octal uses and ~115 S_<FOO> uses. > > > > Convert all the

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 1:11 AM, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote: > There are ~4300 uses of pr_warn and ~250 uses of the older > pr_warning in the kernel source tree. > > Make the use of pr_warn consistent across all kernel files. > > This excludes all files in tools/ as there is a separate > define pr_warning for that directory tree and pr_warn is > not used

Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> writes: > On Sun, 2014-03-16 at 22:00 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: >> On Mon, 2014-03-17 at 14:25 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> >> > Erk, our tests are insufficient. Testbuilding an allmodconfig with this >> > now: >> >> Good idea. >> >> > diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h

Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> writes: > On Sun, 2014-03-16 at 22:00 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: >> On Mon, 2014-03-17 at 14:25 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: >> >> > Erk, our tests are insufficient. Testbuilding an allmodconfig with this >> > now: >> >> Good idea. >> >> > diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> --- fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c index edfa60c..05ed815 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int ocfs2_get_quota_block(struct inode *inode, int block, err = -EIO;

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 11:53:50AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2020-06-15 at 21:57 -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > > v4: > > - Break out the memzero_explicit() change as suggested by Dan Carpenter > > so that it can be backported to stable. > > - Drop the "crypto: Remove unnecessary memzero_explicit()" patch for > > now as there can be a

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 11:53:50AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2020-06-15 at 21:57 -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > > v4: > > - Break out the memzero_explicit() change as suggested by Dan Carpenter > > so that it can be backported to stable. > > - Drop the "crypto: Remove unnecessary memzero_explicit()" patch for > > now as there can be a

On Thu, 2018-05-24 at 06:47 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 5/23/18 4:35 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-05-23 at 15:27 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > On 5/23/18 2:05 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > Convert the S_<FOO> symbolic permissions to their octal equivalents as > > > > using octal and not symbolic permissions is preferred by many as more

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> --- drivers/video/arcfb.c | 5 ++--- drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c | 4 +--- drivers/video/hecubafb.c | 5 ++--- drivers/video/metronomefb.c | 4 +--- drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c | 3 +-- 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/arcfb.c b/drivers/video/arcfb.c index

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> --- drivers/video/arcfb.c | 5 ++--- drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c | 4 +--- drivers/video/hecubafb.c | 5 ++--- drivers/video/metronomefb.c | 4 +--- drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c | 3 +-- 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/arcfb.c b/drivers/video/arcfb.c index

Use the compiler to verify printf formats and arguments. Fix fallout. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> --- drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 2 +- include/xen/hvc-console.h | 4 +++- include/xen/xenbus.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c

Use the compiler to verify printf formats and arguments. Fix fallout. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> --- drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 2 +- include/xen/hvc-console.h | 4 +++- include/xen/xenbus.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c

Use the compiler to verify printf formats and arguments. Fix fallout. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> --- drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 2 +- include/xen/hvc-console.h | 4 +++- include/xen/xenbus.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c

On 5 July 2016 at 15:14, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2016-07-05 at 13:47 -0700, Markus Mayer wrote: >> This series introduces a family of generic string case conversion >> functions. This kind of functionality is needed in several places in >> the kernel. Right now, everybody seems to be implementing their own >> copy of this functionality.

dev_<level> create smaller objects than dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL>. Convert non-debug calls to this form. Joe Perches (16): tile: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to dev_<level>( ata: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to dev_<level>( drivers: base: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to dev_<level>( block: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to

dev_<level> create smaller objects than dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL>. Convert non-debug calls to this form. Joe Perches (16): tile: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to dev_<level>( ata: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to dev_<level>( drivers: base: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to dev_<level>( block: Convert dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to

On Wed, 2018-05-23 at 15:27 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 5/23/18 2:05 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > Convert the S_<FOO> symbolic permissions to their octal equivalents as > > using octal and not symbolic permissions is preferred by many as more > > readable. > > > > see: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/2/1945 > > > > Done with automated conversion

On Wed, 2018-05-23 at 15:27 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 5/23/18 2:05 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > Convert the S_<FOO> symbolic permissions to their octal equivalents as > > using octal and not symbolic permissions is preferred by many as more > > readable. > > > > see: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/2/1945 > > > > Done with automated conversion

From: Stephen Warren <swarren at nvidia.com> Create a new N: entry type in MAINTAINERS which performs a regex match against filenames; either those extracted from patch +++ or --- lines, or those specified on the command-line using the -f option. This provides the same benefits as using a K: regex option to match a set of filenames (see commit eb90d08 "get_maintainer: allow keywords