> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:helg...@kernel.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 11:00 AM
> To: Jake Oshins <ja...@microsoft.com>
> Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org; gre...@linuxfoundation.org; KY Srinivasan
> <k...@microsoft.com>; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org;
> de...@linuxdriverproject.org; o...@aepfle.de; a...@canonical.com;
> vkuzn...@redhat.com; Haiyang Zhang <haiya...@microsoft.com>; Hadden
> Hoppert <hadd...@microsoft.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] drivers:hv: Use new vmbus_mmio_free() from
> client drivers.
> 
> Hi Jake,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 05:47:43PM -0700, Jake Oshins wrote:
> > This patch modifies all the callers of vmbus_mmio_allocate()
> > to call vmbus_mmio_free() instead of release_mem_region().
> 
> This changelog merely restates the C code.  Presumably there's some
> important difference between release_mem_region() and
> vmbus_mmio_free(), and we need a hint about what that is.
> 
> Oh, I see, there actually is no difference *yet*, but it's coming.
> I'd combine this with patch 2.  Then the patch is obviously correct
> all by itself, and the changelog for patch 2 makes clear what's
> happening.
> 
> In changelogs, don't bother with "this patch does" or "this function
> is introduced."  The context is obvious because the changelog is part
> of the commit.  Write imperative sentences, e.g., "Call
> vmbus_mmio_free() instead of release_mem_region()."
> 

Will do.  Thanks.

-- Jake Oshins

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