RE: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: fix init_vp_index() for reloading hv_netvsc

[Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@oracle.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 22:11
> To: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> Cc: olaf@aepfle.de; gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; jasowang@redhat.com;
> driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> apw@canonical.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: fix init_vp_index() for reloading
> hv_netvsc
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 01:35:07PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@oracle.com]
> > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:29:46PM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > > > This fixes the recent commit:
> > > > > Drivers: hv: vmbus: Further improve CPU affiliation logic
> > >
> > > Since you are redoing this anyway, include the git hash so we can look
> > > it up.  In fact, just use the Fixes tag.
> > >
> > > dan carpenter
> >
> > Hmm, I didn't read your mail in time and sent out V2 just now... :-)
> >
> > I'm working on the latest linux-next (next-20150810).
> > I didn't add the git hash ID because I think the hash of the patch of the
> > same content can be different in different trees (like Greg's tree and
> > linux-next)?
> 
> Sometimes it can change, but mostly it doesn't.  In this case it didn't.
> 
> The commit hash is based on the tree, the parent, and the content of the
> patch description.  If we rebase, add a new signed-off-by or merge
> the patch through a different tree then the hash changes.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter

Thanks a lot for the explanation, Dan!

I'll remember to add the hash in future.

-- Dexuan