linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: add comment for mutex

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:37:29 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
Cc: Ayush Tiwari <ayushtiw0110@...il.com>, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
	florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	outreachy@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: add comment for mutex

On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 07:32:20PM -0700, Alison Schofield wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 11:51:22PM +0530, Ayush Tiwari wrote:
> > This patch adds descriptive comment to mutex within the struct
> > gbaudio_codec_info to clarify its intended use and to address
> > checkpatch checks.
> 
> Hi Ayush-
> 
> You may be right, but you need to convince your patch reviewers
> why your comment accurately describes this mutex.
> 
> That's always the ask with this kind of patch.

Heh.  Yeah.  The comment wasn't right in this case.  The lock has
nothing to do with registers or register access.

> 
> BTW - Don't start your commit log with 'This patch...'.
> 

Outreachy folk are a more particular about some of this stuff than I am.
Which is fine.  Could you do me a favor though?  Could you ack patches
once you're happy with them?

regards,
dan carpenter