linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH] kcalloc: Re-order the first two out-of-order args to kcalloc().

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612090901180.14206@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 9 Dec 2006 09:03:27 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] kcalloc: Re-order the first two out-of-order args
 to kcalloc().

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> On 12/9/06, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> > You really ought to send these cleanups to akpm@...l.org with LKML
> > cc'd to get them merged.
>
> ...or even better, the relevant maintainer.

normally what i would do but, in the case of that patch, there are
five files affected, *all* of which are in totally different
subsystems (macintosh, net, scsi, usb, sunrpc).  are you suggesting
that up to 5 different people be CC'ed?

and what about source-wide aesthetic changes that might touch dozens
or hundreds of files?

rday
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