linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: greybus: Fix Alignment with parenthesis

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Message-ID: <59077252-02e4-dd43-77b5-2d2cfd114762@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:57:29 +0200
From:   Menna Mahmoud <eng.mennamahmoud.mm@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>, outreachy@...ts.linux.dev,
        vireshk@...nel.org, johan@...nel.org, elder@...nel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: greybus: Fix Alignment with parenthesis


On ١١‏/٣‏/٢٠٢٣ ١٦:٢٣, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 04:06:51PM +0200, Menna Mahmoud wrote:
>> according to Alex feedback
>>
>> " I think this type of alignment is not a major problem,
>> and alignment isn't done this way in general in this
>> driver, it's probably OK to keep it that way. - Alex "
>>
>>
>> ,I won't resubmit these patches, right?
> Yeah.  Find something else to fix.
>
> I feel like in outreachy and similar that people send a first patch and
> then they get a bunch of different feedback.  And it's like checkpatch
> is complaining and it's staging code so probably the code is actually
> ugly in a way.  But often it's better to abandon the project instead of
> getting obsessed with it.  Zoom out a bit.  Find something else where
> it's obvious how to improve the code from a readability perspective.
>
> People are giving you feedback to help you and not because they are
> about that particular line of code.  They won't care if you work on
> something else instead.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter


Got it, thanks Dan.


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