linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: Rename variable bCurrentHTSupport

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Message-ID: <ZLL+Q0tcW5S8Xjmj@basil>
Date:   Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:14:59 -0700
From:   Tree Davies <tdavies@...kphysics.net>
To:     Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dan.carpenter@...aro.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: Rename variable bCurrentHTSupport

On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 10:48:56PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> On 7/6/23 03:59, Tree Davies wrote:
> > This patch renames variable bCurrentHTSupport to bcurrent_ht_support
> > to fix checkpatch warning Avoid CamelCase.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tree Davies<tdavies@...kphysics.net>
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c |  2 +-
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c   |  2 +-
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c    | 12 ++++++------
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HT.h        |  2 +-
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HTProc.c    | 16 ++++++++--------
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c    | 16 ++++++++--------
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c |  2 +-
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c         |  8 ++++----
> >   8 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> Hi Tree,
> 
> when I try to apply your patch on the top of all the other patches I get the
> following error message:
> 
> kernel@...rix-ESPRIMO-P710:~/Documents/git/kernels/staging$ git apply -v
> ~/Downloads/20230706-\[PATCH\]\ staging_\ rtl8192e_\ Rename\ variable\
> bCurrentHTSupport-10002.txt
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c...
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c...
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c...
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HT.h...
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_HTProc.c...
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c...
> error: while searching for:
> 	crypt = ieee->crypt_info.crypt[ieee->crypt_info.tx_keyidx];
> 	encrypt = ieee->host_encrypt && crypt && crypt->ops &&
> 		((strcmp(crypt->ops->name, "R-WEP") == 0 || wpa_ie_len));
> 	if (ieee->ht_info->bCurrentHTSupport) {
> 		tmp_ht_cap_buf = (u8 *)&(ieee->ht_info->SelfHTCap);
> 		tmp_ht_cap_len = sizeof(ieee->ht_info->SelfHTCap);
> 		tmp_ht_info_buf = (u8 *)&(ieee->ht_info->SelfHTInfo);
> 
> error: patch failed: drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c:816
> error: drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c: patch does not apply
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac_wx.c...
> Checking patch drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_tx.c...
> 
> 
> My be the previous send patches are not taken then your chance is better
> that this one will fit. Will see what happens.
> 
> 
> You need to put your patches into a patch series.
> This reduces email traffic as the reviewer can just send one email and does
> not need to send four.
> 
> A possible command for a patch series is looking like this:
> git format-patch -o ~/Documents/kernel/patches/ --cover-letter -n
> --thread=shallow --to="Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
> 4bbbd60d84e15fdb7bffde98a687ed168a4dfbbd^..HEAD
> 
> Use the git commit id of your first patch.
> 
> Bye Philipp
> 
> 

Philipp,

I think I understand what I did wrong. Each of these original patches were 
created/based from the same commit hash. So it makes sense that only the
first one applied would apply cleanly and the others would fail. 

My apologies,
Tree