Re: [PATCH] xenstored: close socket connections on error

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 05:38:59PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > [...]
> > broken on Linux too ?
> 
> Andy pointed me to the recent thread "xenstored file descriptor leak"
> which answers all these questions.  I think it would have been nice if
> some tools maintainer(s) had been CC'd on that :-).

I did use add_maintainers.pl against it (or at last it was my intent)

> 
> Juergen, I guess I will get a formal R-b from you ?
> 
> Release-Acked-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Manuel, in response to this:
> 
> > When I started, I looked at the wiki for instructions about
> > patches, but didn't find any ...
> 
> Earlier I offered you help with git, in private email.  I agree that
> git is confusing and sometimes impenetrable.  But it seems that what
> you are doing now is worse!  Please take me up on my offer of help.

I didn't forget. It's just that I don't even know what to ask to start
with.  It seems that StGit will help a lot though.

> 
> Our wiki doesn't give instructions on how to use git to maintain a
> patch series.  Those instructions would not be Xen-specific.  Perhaps
> we could have a pointer or two, but everyone has their own pet methods
> and tooling so the result would perhaps be more confusing than
> helpful.

a howto is alwaus helpfull. Even if it's not the one and only way
to do, at last it gives a start point.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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