netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers: atm: checkpatch.pl fixed coding style issues in eni.c

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:04:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	patrik.karlin@...il.com
Cc:	chas@....nrl.navy.mil, linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers: atm: checkpatch.pl fixed coding style
 issues in eni.c

From: Patrik Karlin <patrik.karlin@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:12:55 +0100

> This patch fixes statement placement around if/else/for statments
> as suggested by checkpatch.pl
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrik Kårlin <patrik.karlin@...il.com>

This patch set is a good example of why nobody should
fix up coding style in such a robotic way in response
to codingstyle.pl complaints.

> -		    ATM_MAX_AAL5_PDU) eff = (length+3) >> 2;
> +		    ATM_MAX_AAL5_PDU) 

I bet you didn't even notice that in this change you are adding
trailing whitespace, the exact problem you fixed up for this file in a
previous patch of the series.

I really would encourage you to work on something else entirely.

Thanks.
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