netdev - Re: Question about Patch Submissions

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Date:	Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:21:25 -0800
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	rapier <rapier@....edu>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Question about Patch Submissions

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:13 AM, rapier <rapier@....edu> wrote:
> I've read the documentation I've been able to find on the patch submission
> process. I was hoping to clarify one thing though. When submitting a patch
> that spans multiple files and functions is it better to break the submission
> down by function or by file?
>

It depends on what you change, if your patch is trivial, say just cleaning up
whitespaces, or a big single patch doesn't harm review, it is okay not
to split it.
Otherwise, probably you need to split it logically, each of which needs to at
least compile.
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