linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type and use of a variable

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Date:   Fri, 9 Apr 2021 19:24:00 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type
 and use of a variable



On Fri, 9 Apr 2021, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:

> On Friday, April 9, 2021 4:12:37 PM CEST Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 01:19:42PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > > Change the type of fw_current_in_ps_mode from u8 to bool, because
> > > it is used everywhere as a bool and, accordingly, it should be
> > > declared as a bool. Shorten the controlling
> > > expression of an 'if' statement.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_intf.c        | 2 +-
> > >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_pwrctrl.h | 2 +-
> > >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > I now have 3 patches, I think, for this same driver, from you, and I
> > have no idea what order they should be applied in.
> >
> > So I'm going to drop them all.  Can you please resend me a patch series,
> > with all of the outstanding patches sent to me from you that I have not
> > applied yet, so that I know which ones to look at and what order to
> > apply them in?
> >
> I just sent in the series of patches you requested. Hope the work is as you
> expected.

If you make multiple patches that touch the same files they have to be in
a series.

julia