linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] toshiba_acpi: Change *available functions return type

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:46:21 -0700
From:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:	Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@...il.com>
Cc:	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] toshiba_acpi: Change *available functions return
 type

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 07:22:25PM -0600, Azael Avalos wrote:
> This patch changes the *available functions return type from int to
> void.
> 
> The checks for support of their respective features are done inside
> such functions and there was no need to return anything as we can
> flag the queried feature as supported inside these functions.
> 
> The code was adapted accordingly to these changes and two new
> variables were created and another was changed from uint to bool.
> 
> While at the neighborhood, some of the functions were cleaned from

Please consider this a red flag in the future. "While in the neighborhood" means
you need to split the patch across distinct functional boundaries.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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