[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 2/3] Ocfs2: Change ocfs2_prepare_refcount_change_for_del() a bit to defer blocks reservation.
tristan
tristan.ye at oracle.com
Mon Feb 8 17:19:11 PST 2010
Joel Becker wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:28:44AM +0800, tristan wrote:
>
>> TaoMa wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tristan,
>>> you'd better integrate this patch with patch 3/3. otherwise we
>>> can't build successfully if we apply this one and don't apply the next
>>> one(in some git bisect case).
>>>
>> Yes I see, here I just split the patches as small as possible to be
>> logically separate, for the convenience of your reviewing:)
>>
>
> Tristan,
> Your instinct is good, but Tao is right, every commit has to
> compile and work. The next patches you work on, keep trying to break it
> up into logical things, but have working code. One of the best tricks
> is doing the isomorphic changes (changes that don't actually affect the
> behavior yet) first. I use this trick a lot. I can add an argument to
> a function or change what is passed through without actually changing
> the functionality. Once I've used this methodology to restructure the
> code, then I can change the behavior.
>
Joel, tao,
Your help really makes sense, thank you guys for sharing the experience:)
Tristan.
> For this particular change, I'm OK with it being one patch as I
> stated in my other email.
>
> Joel
>
>
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