linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rdma: Fix braces around if/else

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Message-ID: <20151004090550.GA4161@wheatley>
Date:	Sun, 4 Oct 2015 11:05:50 +0200
From:	Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@...hat.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Mike Marciniszyn <infinipath@...el.com>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rdma: Fix braces around if/else

On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 08:20:09AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 09:47:52AM +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
>> On 10/3/2015 11:55 PM, Martin Kletzander wrote:
>> >Get rid of all ELSE_AFTER_BRACE type errors reported by checkpatch.pl.
>>
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> Is there a way to signal people/tools that a certain driver parks in staging
>> on their way **out** of the kernel
>> and not the other way around? I guess you (nor Doug) don't want to spend
>> time on fixing such drivers, right?
>
>I'm not spending the time :)
>
>But no, there isn't a way to really show that that I know of, and it's
>fine, we end up getting a number of "cleanup" patches for a kernel
>release or two before the drivers get deleted.  It gets people involved
>in kernel development which is the key thing here, it's not like they
>are actually using these drivers...
>
>So it's fine, I take the patches, the people writing the patches are
>happy, and the code gets a bit nicer and feels better about itself
>before we kick it out the door.
>

I didn't mean to waste anyone's time on this.  I'm just trying to get
more familiar with the patch submission process into the kernel.  And
I'm doing this in my free time despite the address used.  I probably
should've noted that below to commit message.

Martin

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