linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: rtl8723bs: Remove unnecessary comments.

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Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2017 21:06:57 +1000
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To:     Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: rtl8723bs: Remove unnecessary comments.

Hi Shreeya,

We don't usually add a period to the subject line for kernel patches. (reason: we only have about
52 characters for the commit brief description so best not to waste any).

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 01:30:34PM +0530, Shreeya Patel wrote:
> This patch removes unnecessary comments which are there
> to explain why call to memset is in comments. Both of the
> comments are not needed as they are not very useful.

You may like to read Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst (specifically
section 2) for tips on writing your git log.

        Describe your changes in imperative mood, e.g. "make xyzzy do frotz"
        instead of "[This patch] makes xyzzy do frotz" or "[I] changed xyzzy
        to do frotz", as if you are giving orders to the codebase to change
        its behaviour.

Good luck,
Tobin.