linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/29] My patch queue for memorystick subsystem

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Message-Id: <20101025090721.c5d3fdc6.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:07:21 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>
Cc:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/29] My patch queue for memorystick subsystem

On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com> wrote:

> Normally, functional
> patches should precede the cosmetic one, so that the functionality can be
> discussed first.

More usually it's the other way around, actually: cleanups come first.

Because the cleanups are usually uncontroversial, and because
substantive changes against cleaner code are easier to
review/understand and because the substantive changes are then easier
to revert or fix.
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