linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi/bcm63xx-hspi: Fix checkpatch warnings

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Message-ID: <20170628184507.tnl7jc4wvtt5op5q@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:45:07 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Aravind Thokala <aravind.thk@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi/bcm63xx-hspi: Fix checkpatch warnings

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 09:37:10PM +0530, Aravind Thokala wrote:
> This patch fixes the checkpatch.pl warnings on the driver
> file.

This isn't a good changelog, what are the warnings and why are we fixing
them?  The fact that checkpatch complains isn't meaningful in and of
itself - it's OK to say that checkpatch helped identify issues but it's
not perfect and we need to understand what is being changed and why.

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