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    SubjectRe: [patch 22/28] macintosh: Remove BKL from ans-lcd


    On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Alan Cox wrote:

    > > There were 4 checkpatch errors on this patch, all of the type
    > > ERROR: spaces required around that '=' (ctx:WxO)
    > > #1466: FILE: drivers/macintosh/ans-lcd.c:112:
    > > + ret =-EACCES;
    >
    > Here's a suggestion. If a few spaces bug you that much then instead of
    > complaining about it and posting checkpatch results deal with the file
    > itself.
    >
    > Wait until the patch goes in and send a follow up patch that fixes up the
    > file to fit codingstyle. There's no point whining about the bits a patch
    > touches when the file wasn't in that format before, but if you've got
    > nothing better to do then doing a pass over the whole file *is* useful.
    >
    > (Plus it gets a patch to your name ;))
    >
    > Checkpatch whines on files that simple don't follow style are usually
    > best ignored because they make the file formatting less internally
    > consistent.
    >
    Thanks Alan, I was sincerely debatting whether to send this because I know
    that checkpatch can be annoying - but on the other hand, I thought it
    prudent to run it since I was claiming to have reviewed all of those
    patches.

    I like your suggestion though - next time, I won't send the mail, since
    since the folks submitting these patches are more than capable of checking
    that kind of thing themselves, and if I feel it's important enough, I'll
    follow up with a trivial style patch.

    Cheers!

    John


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