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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:27:56 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     Forrest Fleming <ffleming@...il.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: intel: Cleanup e1000 - add space between }}

On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 12:45 -0700, Forrest Fleming wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:07 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 12:02 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2019-08-26 at 20:41 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2019-08-26 at 01:03 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 2019-08-23 at 19:14 +0000, Forrest Fleming wrote:
> > > > > > suggested by checkpatch
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Forrest Fleming <ffleming@...il.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  .../net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_param.c    | 28
> > > > > > +++++++++--
> > > > > > --------
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > While I do not see an issue with this change, I wonder how
> > > > > important it is
> > > > > to make such a change.  Especially since most of the hardware
> > > > > supported by
> > > > > this driver is not available for testing.  In addition, this
> > > > > is one
> > > > > suggested change by checkpatch.pl that I personally do not
> > > > > agree
> > > > > with.
> > > > 
> > > > I think checkpatch should allow consecutive }}.
> > > 
> > > Agreed, have you already submitted a formal patch Joe with the
> > > suggested change below?
> > 
> > No.
> > 
> > >   If so, I will ACK it.
> > 
> > Of course you can add an Acked-by:
> > 
> 
> Totally fair - I don't have strong feelings regarding the particular
> rule. I do
> feel strongly that we should avoid violating our rules as encoded by
> checkpatch,
> but I'm perfectly happy for the change to take the form of modifying
> checkpatch
> to allow a perfectly sensible (and readable) construct.
> 
> I'm happy to withdraw this patch from consideration; I couldn't find
> anything
> about there being a formal procedure for so doing, so please let me
> know if
> there's anything more I need to do (or point me to the relevant
> docs).
> 
> Thanks to everyone!

Nothing for you to do, I will drop the patch.

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