linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/62] drivers/char/epca.c: Remove unnecessary semicolons

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Message-Id: <20090628.113325.244931913.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:33:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Eng.Linux@...i.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/62] drivers/char/epca.c: Remove unnecessary
 semicolons

From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:51:02 +0100

> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:26:19 -0700
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/char/epca.c |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> If you must do this then please roll it into a single patch and get it
> applied so it doesn't mess up all the pending patches. Really though I
> have to ask what the point is - it just makes other patches not apply and
> creates noise work.

It has made bugs get added in the past, and makes code confusing
to read sometimes.  I'm all for this, to be honest, and I'm very
much for rolling this into one single patch too :)
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