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Message-ID: <4999650C.6030700@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:07:24 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
CC:	Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove errors caught by checkpatch.pl in kernel/kallsyms.c

On 2/15/2009 7:47 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:04:36AM +0530, Manish Katiyar wrote:
>> Hi Ingo,
>> 
>> I used your code-quality script to do cleanup in kernel/kallsyms.c.
>> Below patch removes errors generated by checkpatch.pl.
> When doing so use checkpatch only as a hint generator and do
> not concentrate only on the warnings/errors generated by checkpatch.
> 
> Your patch is an improvement but please fix the remaining issues.

Furthermore, the changelog is bad (non-exiting in fact).

The fact that the issues where discovered using checkpatch is absolutely
uninteresting.  The changelog should describe /what/ is fixed, e.g.
whitespace, maybe other things.  (In case of nontrivial changes the log
may also need to explain not only the /what but also the /how/, but this
does not apply to patches like this one.)
-- 
Stefan Richter
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