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

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Message-ID: <8da8dc4a-1e5c-402d-8631-7acd61d21a65@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:32:49 +0800
From: Khairul Anuar Romli <karom.9560@...il.com>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>, 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

On 24/1/2026 5:05 pm, Markus Elfring wrote:
>> 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.
> 


I will improve the change description and omit mentioning all the 
affected source code in the next revision.

> 
> …
>> ---
>> 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.
> 
Noted. Will keep to the cover letter and avoid repeating the same 
description in every single patch.

> 
> Regards,
> Markus