Re: [PATCH v2 01/75] staging: ks7010: Use the ARRAY_SIZE() macro to calculate array sizes.

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sat Mar 31 2018 - 10:13:04 EST


On Sat, 2018-03-31 at 11:41 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:36:13PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-03-30 at 23:07 -0700, Quytelda Kahja wrote:
> > > This macro, provided in 'linux/kernel.h', will calculate the size
> > > more succinctly than a division operation.
> >
> > It's nice that you send patches, but please try to send a
> > cover letter with your patch series.
> >
>
> There are obviously times when a cover letter is required but what's the
> point of that for this particular series?

practice

> > Also, 75 patches is quite a lot for a staging patch series.
> >
> > Please try to send fewer patches in your series, say a
> > maximum of 20 or so and see what happens to those patches
> > before sending the next set.
>
> Do we really care about that for staging?

It seems like it matters most for staging as the submitters
are the least experienced nd most likely to get something
wrong.

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