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Message-ID: <82e2fde9-2b35-be54-4614-977fc2894da1@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:37:04 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iio/accel/stk8312: Improve unlocking of a mutex in two functions

>> But I proposed an other source code layout for useful reasons.
> 
> I think there is a (hidden) cost of having pure cleanup patches:
> they make backporting fixes harder (across the cleanup)

There the usual software development consequences to consider
if you dare to change the source code at all.


> stylistic changes must have a clear benefit, readability is subjective, 
> consistency per se doesn't buy anything

There are also different opinions involved.


> the discussion how code should be written in the first place is separate
> from the discussion what is worth fixing up lateron (IMHO)

Are you looking for a corresponding agreement?

Regards,
Markus

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