Re: [PATCH 6/6] dma/imx-sdma: check whether event_id0 < 32 when setevent_mask

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Tue Jan 10 2012 - 10:28:03 EST


On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:29:42PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:20:10PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 03:01:50PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> >
> > I think it deserves a sensible commit message explaining why the patch
> > is needed.
> If event_id0 < 32, 1 << (sdmac->event_id0 - 32) is not zero.
>
My point is you may explain the exact problem you are seeing without
this patch and how the patch helps here. In general, doing so would
win a warm feeling from reviewers much more easily than leaving the
commit message empty there.

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Regards,
Shawn
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