netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/1] net sched actions: Add support for user cookies

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 05:52:15 -0500
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, paulb@...lanox.com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
        mrv@...atatu.com, hadarh@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
        roid@...lanox.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/1] net sched actions: Add support for user
 cookies

On 17-01-16 02:46 PM, David Miller wrote:
>
> Jamal, please don't mix coding style and real changes.
>
> Have one patch that adds the user cookies and one that cleans up the
> coding style stuff.
>
> Thanks.
>

I will separate those changes (gives me an opportunity to make
more stylistic changes).

Having said that: Is this rule really cast in stone?;->
I have seen many other people (including myself) sneak in whitespace
changes and other trivialities in a general change. I thought the rule
was to not do such things for bug fixes.

cheers,
jamal