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I think everybody can learn how to do good code review
I think everybody can learn how to do good code review
and I think the most important thing is that everybody
and I think the most important thing is that everybody
reviews his/her own patches in the same way you would review
reviews his/her own patches in the same way one would review
patches from others!
patches from others!


* First read the commit message, does that give you the impression the change is in anyway complex. If so do a "careful_mode++".
* First read the commit message. Does that give you the impression the change is in anyway complex? If so do, a "careful_mode++".


* Read the diffstat, does this change touches any critical areas of code. If so do a "careful_mode++".
* Read the diffstat. Does this change touches any critical areas of code? If so, do a "careful_mode++".


* First read the patch hunk by hunk and watch for Coding-Style issues. If there strange things do s "careful_mode++".
* First read the patch hunk by hunk and watch for Coding-Style issues. If there are strange things, do a "careful_mode++".


* Read the patch again as whole, watch for changes which could change possibly change the blackbox behavior of a function.
* Read the patch again as whole, watch for changes which could possibly change the blackbox behavior of a function.


* Depending on the "careful_mode" you should try to fully understand the change.
* Depending on the "careful_mode", you should try to fully understand the change.


* Note: Here it's sometimes useful to use the -U<contextlines> feature of git show/diff, so that you see the changes in the full context of the whole function.
* Note: Here it's sometimes useful to use the -U<contextlines> feature of git show/diff, so that you see the changes in the full context of the whole function.


* If you found a change in the behavior set "very_careful_mode = true".
* If you found a change in the behavior, set "very_careful_mode = true".


* Ask yourself why a change is needed! If you don't see why it's needed set "very_careful_mode = true".
* Ask yourself why a change is needed! If you don't see why it's needed, set "very_careful_mode = true".


* If you find things you don't understand set "verfy_careful_mode = true".
* If you find things you don't understand, set "verfy_careful_mode = true".


* If very_careful_mode != true you're maybe done. This happens most of the time and most of the time careful_mode is also 0. And the costs are not too high.
* If very_careful_mode != true you may be done. This happens most of the time and most of the time careful_mode is also 0. And the costs are not too high.


* Maybe ask other people for review. Trigger discussions on the samba-technical@samba.org mailing list.
* Maybe ask other people for review. Trigger discussions on the samba-technical@samba.org mailing list.


* Read the related sources
* Read the related sources.


* use git grep to find callers of a function
* Use git grep to find callers of a function.


* Do manual runtime tests
* Do manual runtime tests.


== Review yourself ==
== Review yourself ==

Revision as of 08:49, 17 October 2012

Code review strangies

I think everybody can learn how to do good code review and I think the most important thing is that everybody reviews his/her own patches in the same way one would review patches from others!

  • First read the commit message. Does that give you the impression the change is in anyway complex? If so do, a "careful_mode++".
  • Read the diffstat. Does this change touches any critical areas of code? If so, do a "careful_mode++".
  • First read the patch hunk by hunk and watch for Coding-Style issues. If there are strange things, do a "careful_mode++".
  • Read the patch again as whole, watch for changes which could possibly change the blackbox behavior of a function.
  • Depending on the "careful_mode", you should try to fully understand the change.
  • Note: Here it's sometimes useful to use the -U<contextlines> feature of git show/diff, so that you see the changes in the full context of the whole function.
  • If you found a change in the behavior, set "very_careful_mode = true".
  • Ask yourself why a change is needed! If you don't see why it's needed, set "very_careful_mode = true".
  • If you find things you don't understand, set "verfy_careful_mode = true".
  • If very_careful_mode != true you may be done. This happens most of the time and most of the time careful_mode is also 0. And the costs are not too high.
  • Maybe ask other people for review. Trigger discussions on the samba-technical@samba.org mailing list.
  • Read the related sources.
  • Use git grep to find callers of a function.
  • Do manual runtime tests.

Review yourself

I think the most important thing is that everybody reviews his/her own patches in the same way you would review patches from others!