Re: [PATCH] arm64: Fix compilation error while accessing MPIDR_HWID_BITMASK from .S files

[Viresh Kumar]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Note that when referencing a commit, it's best to abbreviate the commit
> ID to the first 12 characters like "e1a50de37860". You can also a line like
>
> Fixes: e1a50de37860 ("arm64: cputype: Silence Sparse warnings")
>
> which is the standard format to describe such regressions.

Right and this can be automated a bit as well. The procedure is
described in:

Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst

You can update your .gitconfig file and then use the --pretty=<...>
argument to `git log` or `git show` commands.

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viresh