linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: Replace kzalloc and memcpy by kmemdup

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2015 05:56:25 +0900
From:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"HPDD-discuss@...ts.01.org" <HPDD-discuss@...ts.01.org>,
	"andreas.dilger@...el.com" <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	"gdonald@...il.com" <gdonald@...il.com>,
	"uja.ornl@...il.com" <uja.ornl@...il.com>,
	"rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se" 
	<rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"oleg.drokin@...el.com" <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	"Julia.Lawall@...6.fr" <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"john.hammond@...el.com" <john.hammond@...el.com>,
	"Dumbre, Nitesh Dilip (N.)" <ndumbre@...teon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: Replace kzalloc and memcpy by kmemdup

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 06:13:00AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-05-31 at 11:35 +0900, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org wrote:
> > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 07:04:27AM +0000, Dumbre, Nitesh Dilip (N.) wrote:
> > > This patch was generated by coccicheck and replaces kzalloc followed
> > > by memcpy with kmemdup
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Nitesh Dumbre <ndumbre@...teon.com>
> > 
> > Name doesn't match the From: line, please fix your broken email client.
> > 
> > WHat is up with this company's email, there is a bunch of patches from
> > different people, all of them broken like this.
> 
> Greg you are being a bit silly here.
> 
> The names match, but the company's email naming
> policy is not "first last" but "last, first".
> 
> People generally sign their names "first last".
> 
> Nothing is broken but your desire for exact name
> matching.

There's also an odd "(H)." in the From line as well.

And yes, I do desire that as I know all about the tools we have that try
to check these things (numbers of developers, etc.) and some of them
don't like mismatched names.

Also, it's good for people to learn about "From:" in the body of the
email, that's what it is there for :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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