[PATCH v3 4/5] fbdev: Rename pagelist to pagereflist for deferred I/O

Javier Martinez Canillas javierm at redhat.com
Fri Apr 29 07:38:01 UTC 2022


On 4/29/22 09:27, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 29.04.22 um 09:21 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
>> Hello Thomas,
>>
>> On 4/26/22 14:03, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>>> Rename various instances of pagelist to pagereflist. The list now
>>> stores pageref structures, so the new name is more appropriate.
>>>
>>> In their write-back helpers, several fbdev drivers refer to the
>>> pageref list in struct fb_deferred_io instead of using the one
>>> supplied as argument to the function. Convert them over to the
>>> supplied one. It's the same instance, so no change of behavior
>>> occurs.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
>>> Suggested-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org>
>>
>> I thougt the convention was to have Suggested-by before your S-o-B.
> 
> I always thought that the convention was that the authors S-o-B goes 
> first. But 'git log' indeed indicates otherwise. I will change this 
> before merging the patch.
> 

The way I understand it, is that besides other things it indicates a
chronological order of events. So the S-o-B will go first, followed
by any Reviewed-by, Acked-by, etc gathered.

But if someone suggests a change to you, that means the suggestion
happened before you wrote the patch and is expected to go first.

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat



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