linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 01/11] Staging: rtl8188eu: hal

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Date:   Sun, 22 Mar 2020 08:09:26 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 01/11] Staging: rtl8188eu: hal_com:
 Add space around operators

On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 12:27 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 03:51:13AM +0530, Shreeya Patel wrote:
> > Add space around operators for improving the code
> > readability.
> > Reported by checkpatch.pl
> > 
> > git diff -w shows no difference.
> > diff of the .o files before and after the changes shows no difference.
> 
> There is no need to have these two lines on every changelog comment in
> this series :(

In my opinion, there's no need for a series here.

Whitespace only changes _should_ be done all at once.

Whitespace changes _could_ have changed string constants.

So noting that the patch in only whitespace and that
there isn't a difference in object files is useful as
it shows any change has been compiled and tested.