Re: [v3] nfp: abm: Fix incomplete release of system resources in nfp_abm_vnic_set_mac()

[Markus Elfring]

> I'm curious if I could still modify these commit message information for the v1 patch,
> which has already been applied and queued up?

The maintainer found the provided information good enough.
Thus he committed the software correction with the subject
ânfp: abm: fix a memory leak bugâ on 2020-05-04.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/abm/main.c?id=bd4af432cc71b5fbfe4833510359a6ad3ada250d

So this change will probably be published âforeverâ since then.

I got the impression that the corresponding patch review contains helpful information.
I am curious then if it might affect the adjustment of related patches.


>> Will such considerations become relevant for any subsequent
>> software development approaches?
>
> Sorry, I actually don't familiarÂwith these.

I am informed in the way that you can participate in university research groups.
Thus I assumed that you would like to add recent insights
from computer science areas.
I imagined that the bug report (combined with a patch) was triggered by
an evolving source code analysis approach which will be explained
in another research paper. Is such a view appropriate?
https://github.com/umnsec/cheq/

Regards,
Markus