Re: [patch 0/9] vmalloc fixes and improvements

[Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>]

On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 06:41:44AM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 09:13:38PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, npiggin@suse.de wrote:
> > > 
> > > The following patches are a set of fixes and improvements for the vmap
> > > layer.
> > 
> > They seem seriously buggered.
> > 
> > Patches that seem to be authorted by others (judging by sign-off) have no 
> > such attribution. And because you apparently use some sh*t-for-emailer, 
> > the patches that _are_ yours are missing your name, because it just says
> > 
> > 	From: npiggin@suse.de
> > 
> > without any "Nick Piggin" there.
> > 
> > I'd suggest fixing your emailer scripts regardless, but a "From: " at the 
> > top of the body would fix both the attribution to others, and give you a 
> > name too.
> 
> I thought when there is no From in the body, then it defaults to the first
> Signed-off-by:. At least Andrew's scripts IIRC have got that right? (unless
> it is Andrew fixing it manually).

I thought just the last From: line in the raw email text, including
both headers and body.  So it defaults to the header which your mua
sets automatically or you override it with an extra From:-line in the
body to attribute authorship to somebody else.

But you apperently just need to set a --from switch in .quiltrc's
QUILT_MAIL_ARGS.

	Hannes

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