linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] alpha: trivial: remove ^L chars

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Message-ID: <CA+=Fv5Ra7fFTd2wA77iM_6X7NooApfoMJX5z1j60cXex_uxm7w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 11:38:32 +0100
From: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@...il.com>
To: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>, Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, 
	linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] alpha: trivial: remove ^L chars

On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Remove ^L (a. k. a. \f a. k. a. form feed a. k. a. \x0c) from arch/alpha.
> I'm attempting to write my own tool for parsing kernel code.
> And these characters complicate this without giving any benefits.
>
> Signed-off-by: Askar Safin <safinaskar@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_cia.c      |  6 ++---
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_irongate.c |  2 +-
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c   | 18 +++++++--------
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_mcpcia.c   |  4 ++--
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_polaris.c  |  2 +-
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_t2.c       |  2 +-
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_titan.c    | 10 ++++----
>  arch/alpha/kernel/core_tsunami.c  |  4 ++--
>  arch/alpha/kernel/err_common.c    |  4 ++--
>  arch/alpha/kernel/err_titan.c     |  2 +-
>  arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c     |  4 ++--
>  arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c     | 38 +++++++++++++++----------------
>  arch/alpha/kernel/sys_marvel.c    |  4 ++--
>  arch/alpha/kernel/sys_titan.c     |  8 +++----
>  arch/alpha/kernel/time.c          | 10 ++++----
>  15 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
>

Nice cleanup work.

For a v2, please consider adjusting the commit message rationale away from
personal tooling and towards general readability and editor/tool compatibility.
Otherwise this looks fine to me.

Magnus