linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] staging: lustre: headers: sort headers affected by obdo move

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Date:   Sat, 10 Dec 2016 19:14:33 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
        Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
        Ben Evans <bevans@...y.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lustre Development List <lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] staging: lustre: headers: sort headers affected
 by obdo move

On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 01:05:59PM -0500, James Simmons wrote:
> From: Ben Evans <bevans@...y.com>
> 
> It was found if you sort the headers alphabetically
> that it reduced patch conflicts. This patch sorts
> the headers alphabetically and also place linux
> header first, then uapi header and finally the
> lustre kernel headers.

I still don't agree, when did you last have a patch conflict with this
file in the .h section?  And exactly how hard was it to fix it up?

I'm all for cleanups, but really, this is useless.  And I said so the
last time you sent it...

greg k-h