linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

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Date:	Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:22:38 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

On 12/03/2009 05:10 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Did the patch contain -cosmetic- changes intermingled with code changes,
> in the same code lines? No.
>
> Is it good kernel practice to intermingle cosmetic changes with
> functional ones, in the same code lines? Also, no.


In fact, I recall one case where a certain developer on this list used 
cosmetic code changes (Lindent, IIRC) to hide functional, 
security-related code changes.

Mixing cosmetic and function changes is simply bad engineering practice, 
_especially_ when they occur in the same lines of code.

	Jeff



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