[Drbd-dev] [RFC 000/118] drbd: part 1 of adding multiple volume support to drbd

[Greg Freemyer]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Philipp Reisner
<philipp.reisner at linbit.com> wrote:
> Am Freitag, 26. August 2011, 15:20:51 schrieb Greg Freemyer:
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Philipp Reisner <
>>
>> philipp.reisner at linbit.com> wrote:
>> > This the first request for review of drbd-8.4. The complete set has
>> > 500 patches. In this first series there are only 118 of these.
>>
>> Lars,
>>
>> I've only taken a quick glance, but is drbd functional between applying
>> each patch?
>>
>> It doesn't look like it to me, but I didn't look that close.  I also saw at
>> least one patch that introduced a new function with no caller to test it.
>>
>> The idea is that a patch series leave a testable / functional kernel after
>> each patch in the series is applied sequentially.
>>
>> That is the only way git bisect can do its job.
>>
>> ie. Introducing a new function but no new caller makes a change, but there
>> is no way to test it.  Therefore there is no real value in not merging that
>> patch with one that has the new call in it.
>>
>
> Greg,
>
> You replied to mail 000. Please point out to which patch/function you
> refer, so that we can fix this.
>
> Best,
>  Phil

Phillip,

Take a look at patch 115 of 118 in your series.  I did not review the
whole series, I just poked around briefly and noticed this one.

Greg