linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/24] x86: arch/x86/kernel/ cleanups

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:17:50 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <gustavo@....ic.unicamp.br>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/24] x86: arch/x86/kernel/ cleanups

Gustavo F. Padovan wrote:
> Ingo,
>
>
> Ingo,
>
> I removed many extra whitespaces and tabs from arch/x86/kernel/
>   

This is not a good time to be posting this kind of patch.  These kinds 
of trivial cleanups are best done in a late -rc, when the patch rate 
goes down.  However, pure whitespace cleanups  have very little value 
like this, particularly since it looks like you're breaking the 
formatting in some cases.

It would be better to address them in passing if there's some more 
substantial change which needs to be done to the code.  
http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/ should be a good place to look for 
suggestions.

    J
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