linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] ARM: mvebu: remove two selects of ARM_ERRATA

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Message-ID: <1421660338.9655.21.camel@x220>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:38:58 +0100
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] ARM: mvebu: remove two selects of ARM_ERRATA_753970

Andy, Joe,

On Mon, 2015-01-19 at 10:32 +0100, Paul Bolle wrote:
> ARM_ERRATA_753970 was renamed to PL310_ERRATA_753970 in v3.2, through
> commit fa0ce4035d48 ("ARM: 7162/1: errata: tidy up Kconfig options for
> PL310 errata workarounds"). Still, two selects were added in v3.15 that
> used the previous name. So these selects have always been nops.
> 
> It is clear that the intention here was to select PL310_ERRATA_753970.
> But as, apparently, nothing broke for four releases we can assume
> PL310_ERRATA_753970 isn't actually needed. So let's not rename these two
> selects but just drop them instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>

Checkpatch in next-21050119 complains:
    ERROR: Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")' - ie: 'commit fa0ce4035d48 ("ARM: 7162/1: errata: tidy up Kconfig options for PL310 errata workarounds")'
    #7: 
    commit fa0ce4035d48 ("ARM: 7162/1: errata: tidy up Kconfig options for
    
    total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 14 lines checked
    
    Your patch has style problems, please review.

Perhaps it doesn't notice the quote spans two lines. Can this be fixed
please?

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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