Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] rust: device: rename "Device::from_raw()"

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 11:57:25AM -0300, Guilherme Giácomo Simões wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 11:43:27AM -0300, Guilherme Giacomo Simoes wrote:
> > > This function increments the refcount by a call to
> > > "bindings::get_device(ptr)". This can be confused because, the function
> > > Arch::from_raw() from standard library, don't increments the refcount.
> > > Hence, rename "Device::from_raw()" to avoid confusion with other
> > > "from_raw" semantics.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  rust/kernel/device.rs   | 2 +-
> > >  rust/kernel/firmware.rs | 2 +-
> > >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> >
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> Yeah, I was think that only in 0/1 I should explain the changes ..
> I'm was wrong.   I'll put the changelog in 1/1 too.

Was it in the 0/1 email?  I didn't see it there either.

And for patches where there is only one commit, you almost never need a
0/1 email, just put the needed information in the single patch you send
out.

thanks,

greg k-h