linux-kernel - Re: mfd: axp20x: convert to use maple tree register cache

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Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 12:41:04 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, wangkaiyuan@...pur.com,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: mfd: axp20x: convert to use maple tree register cache

>>> The maple tree register cache is based on a much more modern data structure
>>> than the rbtree cache and makes optimisation choices which are probably
>>> more appropriate for modern systems than those made by the rbtree cache.
>>
>> Please choose another imperative wording for an improved change description.
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9-rc5#n94
>
> This review comment is seldom helpful.

* Does such a feedback indicate a questionable communication conflict?

* Are you still looking for a better wording suggestion?


> You may as well stop using it.

Should patch reviewers and further contributors care more for the compliance
with known development processes?

Regards,
Markus