linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename AdvCoding

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Message-ID: <20180830082628.ff5x3tzvd2wdrbir@mwanda>
Date:   Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:26:28 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/21] staging:rtl8192u: Rename AdvCoding - Style

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:23:05AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 09:35:27PM +0100, John Whitmore wrote:
> > Rename the bit field element AdvCoding, as it causes a checkpatch issue
> > with CamelCase naming. As the element is not actually used in code it
> > has been renamed to 'not_used_adv_coding'.
> > 
> > The single line of code which initialises the bit has been removed,
> > as the  field is unused.
> > 
> > This is a purely coding style change which should have no impact
> > on runtime code execution.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h     | 2 +-
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c | 1 -
> >  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h
> > index 64d5359cf7e2..66a0274077d3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HT.h
> > @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ enum ht_extension_chan_offset {
> >  
> >  struct ht_capability_ele {
> >  	//HT capability info
> > -	u8	AdvCoding:1;
> > +	u8	not_used_adv_coding:1;
> 
> I can't review any more of this patchset when this is the first line...
> 

That email wasn't very clear.  If you think some of your patches are
going to be more controversial than others, put them at the very end so
we can at least apply part of the patchset.

regards,
dan carpenter