linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 00/10] staging: iio: Remove exceptional & on functions name

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Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:02:20 +0530
From:   SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimran0@...il.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, Michael.Hennerich@...log.com,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, knaack.h@....de,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 00/10] staging: iio: Remove exceptional
 & on functions name

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 11 Mar 2017, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, 11 Mar 2017, simran singhal wrote:
>> >
>> >> This patch-series removes exceptional & on functions name.
>> >
>> > The semantic patch shown does nothing to check that the use of & is
>> > exception in the given file.  It just removes all the & on function names.
>> >
>> yes, I used this semantic patch only for only finding the functions with &
>> and then I find out this drivers and use semantic patch for removing &.
>
> The commit message should be written with respect to what was actually
> done, and not copied from a patch that actually did something else.  The
> original semantic patch, that was probably only put in the cover letter,
> actually checked if the file mostly used function pointers in a particular
> way.
>
Julia, so what should I do?
I should not include this semantic patch as it does not check that that the use
of & is exception in the given file.
OR
As I did it manually so I should mention this.

> julia
>
>>
>> > julia
>> >
>> >>
>> >> simran singhal (10):
>> >>   staging: iio: ad7192: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: ad7780: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: cdc: ad7746: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: cdc: ad7152: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: adis16240: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: adis16201: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: adis16209: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: adis16203: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: resolver: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>   staging: iio: gyro: Remove exceptional & on function name
>> >>
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16201.c     |  4 ++--
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16203.c     |  4 ++--
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16209.c     |  4 ++--
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16240.c     |  4 ++--
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7192.c          | 12 ++++++------
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7780.c          |  2 +-
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7152.c          |  6 +++---
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c          |  4 ++--
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/gyro/adis16060_core.c |  2 +-
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1200.c   |  2 +-
>> >>  drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s90.c     |  2 +-
>> >>  11 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 2.7.4
>> >>
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