linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/10]drivers:atm Remove pointless "@" from various parts of the kernel

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:22:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	justinmattock@...il.com
Cc:	trivial@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10]drivers:atm Remove pointless "@" from various
 parts of the kernel

From: "Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:27:09 -0700

> From: "Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
> 
> The patch series below removes some pointless "@"'s in various parts of the kernel.
> Note: some might be useful, but then again, some just seemed a waste of space.
> (and since the kernel is become bloated, might as well diet! even if it's a few bits)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@...il.com>

These are like "XXX" markers in comments, used so you can quickly look
for areas that knowingly need improvement in the code.

I really think these patches are a waste of time and make things worse
not better, the side effect of your patch is that we'll be losing
information.
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