linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dmaengine: dw-axi-dmac: fix Alignment should match open parenthesis

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Message-ID: <40ad7d60-f3c3-459a-a8c0-5c65476c3cca@web.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:05:13 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Khairul Anuar Romli <karom.9560@...il.com>, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@...opsys.com>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dmaengine: dw-axi-dmac: fix Alignment should match
 open parenthesis

> Check warning is throws when run scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict:
> drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c:345

Please improve such a change description another bit.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc6#n45

You might not need to mention all affected source code positions here.

…
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> 	- Split the patch into smaller patches according type
> 	  of warning.
…

* I find this hint relevant also for a better commit message.

* You do not need to repeat patch version descriptions here
  after you provided them in the cover letter already.

Regards,
Markus