linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resent] ALSA: emu10k1: Deletion of unnecessary checks before three function calls

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Message-ID: <s5hy4rs1i8r.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:17:08 +0100
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	trivial@...nel.org, Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resent] ALSA: emu10k1: Deletion of unnecessary checks before three function calls

At Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:10:40 +0100,
SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> 
> > Your patch can't be applied cleanly due to your MUA breaking the
> > lines.  Please fix your MUA setup, or use an attachment if it's
> > impossible, and resend the patch.
> 
> Thanks for your feedback.
> 
> Does this example show a conflict between long comments like
> "snd_emu10k1_ctl_private_free( ... *kctl)" after patch ranges and line length
> limitation for email eventually?

Conflict?  It's your MUA that is broken.

> > Also, try to align the subject line with the relevant commits.  See
> > "git log sound/pci/emu10k1"
> 
> I have attached my update suggestion with a slightly different commit title as
> before. Is this variant acceptable?

So, you couldn't fix your MUA?  That's bad for you.  Many maintainers
dislike attachments and won't accept such patches.

Couldn't you simply send a patch via git-send-email?

In anyway, I applied the patch now.  Thanks.


Takashi
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