linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v3 3/4] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the type and use of a variable

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Date:   Sun, 11 Apr 2021 10:39:13 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
Cc:     outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v3 3/4] staging: rtl8723bs: Change the
 type and use of a variable

On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 10:29:07AM +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.

The "shorten" portion should be in patch 4/4 as it does the same thing
there, right?

Don't mix the two here, the changing of the type is fine to do alone as
a single patch and the if () change has nothing to do with that.

Also, you have trailing whitespace in your changelog text :(

thanks,

greg k-h