linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fixed formatting issues

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2023 13:54:41 +0530
From:   Anshul <anshulusr@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     richard.henderson@...aro.org, ink@...assic.park.msu.ru,
        mattst88@...il.com, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fixed formatting issues

Hello Greg,

> - Your patch did many different things all at once, making it difficult
>   to review.  All Linux kernel patches need to only do one thing at a
>   time.  If you need to do multiple things (such as clean up all coding
>   style issues in a file/driver), do it in a sequence of patches, each
>   one doing only one thing.  This will make it easier to review the
>   patches to ensure that they are correct, and to help alleviate any
>   merge issues that larger patches can cause.

I believe that splitting the patch is not necessary in this instance since
the changes are localized and trivial to reason about.

> - You did not write a descriptive Subject: for the patch, allowing
>   everyone, to know what this patch is all about.  Please read the
>   section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the kernel file,
>   Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for what a proper
>   Subject: line should look like.

As per the feedback, the updated patch has incorporated the changes.

> - It looks like you did not use your "real" name for the patch on either
>   the Signed-off-by: line, or the From: line (both of which have to
>   match).  Please read the kernel file,
>   Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for how to do this
>   correctly.

I have verified that the Signed-off-by: line and the From: line contain the
same content.

Thanks for the feedback,

Anshul