Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] power: supply: rn5t618: Add voltage_now property

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Mon Jul 12 2021 - 06:15:44 EST


On Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:11:30 +0200
Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Jul 2021 11:20:39 +0100
> Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:36:37 +0200
> > Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Read voltage_now via IIO and provide the property.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Huh? Seems unlikely it pointed out that this patch was necessary in general.
> > If highlighting a particular fix in an earlier version, then state what it was
> > in the commit message. Note for fixes that get rolled into patches, it's
> > often just mentioned in the change log and we skip the tag because it can
> > cause confusion.
> >
> The robot found a problem in v1 (missing depends on IIO). It is fixed
> now. The message from the bot tells to add a tag. It seems not to make
> sense. But probably the bot is also running on public branches (which
> will not be rebase) and uses the same message where it actually makes
> sense.

Yup. It might be helpful if they modified that message to suggest
commented format if the fix is rolled into an existing patch. I've seen
things like.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> # Fix something interesting.

Which makes it clear what is going on.

Jonathan
>
> I will send a v3 with that tag removed and the other comment addressed.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas