linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] staging: rtl8188eu: convert unsigned char arrays to u8

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Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:51:18 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] staging: rtl8188eu: convert unsigned char arrays to
 u8

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 05:46:11PM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
> Covert unsigned char arrays to u8 and make them static and/or const
> where possible.

You are also moving things around here from different .h files in
different places.  Always say exactly what you are doing.

And this too needs to be broken up into smaller pieces, don't make
things static/const when you change the type.

thanks,

greg k-h