Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees][PATCH v2] nl80211: Fix undefined behavior in bit shift

From: Jiunn Chang
Date: Thu Jul 04 2019 - 14:34:37 EST


On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 03:57:05PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 21:34 -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > On 6/26/19 9:25 PM, Jiunn Chang wrote:
> > > Shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 bits is undefined. Changing most
> > > significant bit to unsigned.
> > >
> > > Changes included in v2:
> > > - use subsystem specific subject lines
> > > - CC required mailing lists
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiunn Chang <c0d1n61at3@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> >
> > Move version change lines here. They don't belong in the commit log.
>
> FWIW, in many cases people (maintainers) now *do* want them in the
> commit log. Here, they're just editorial, so agree, but if real
> technical changes were made due to reviews, they can indeed be useful.
>
> johannes
>

Hello Johannes,

Would you like me to send v3 with the change log in the patch description?

THX,

Jiunn