Re: [PATCH] nullb: make config_item_type const

[Jens Axboe]

On 10/12/2017 08:42 AM, Bhumika Goyal wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 10/12/2017 04:19 AM, Bhumika Goyal wrote:
>>> This is a followup patch for: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/10/11/375 and
>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9999649/
>>>
>>> Make these structures const as they are either passed to the functions
>>> having the argument as const or stored as a reference in the "ci_type"
>>> const field of a config_item structure.
>>
>> Thanks, applied.
>>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Actually, this patch is dependent on the patches in the links
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/10/11/375 and
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9999649/. Therefore, this patch
> won't be correct unless the patches in these links gets applied.

Gah, I do see that now. That should have been made much clearer in
the patch description!

When you send out patches with hard dependencies like that, either
wait until the dependency has been solved in mainline, or make it
explicitly clear in the patch submission.

-- 
Jens Axboe