Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] staging: rtl8192u: Use %s and __func__ instead of hardcoded string - Style

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 01:32:41PM +0100, John Whitmore wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 10:38:28AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 09:22:50PM +0100, John Whitmore wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:56:24AM +0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 04:34:51PM +0100, John Whitmore wrote:
> > > > > Changed a number of hard coded function names to use %s and __func__
> > > > > 
> > > > > Mailing list response suggest that there is a better method for debugging
> > > > > using netdev_dbg(). I can't argue with that, but for the moment this change
> > > > > will clear the checkpatch.pl Warning.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c | 12 ++++++------
> > > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > Did not apply :(
> > > 
> > > No worries, can I just ask is that because it should be changed to use
> > > netdev_dbg as was suggested? And should that be across the whole file?
> > 
> > "Does not apply" means you save the raw email to email.txt then download
> > the latest code from
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git staging-next
> > then `cat email.txt | git am` and it fails.
> > 
> > Probably someone else's patch was merged ahead of yours.  Fix it up and
> > then resend.
> > 
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
> 
> Thank you for that. I read the sentence and filled in my own pronoun as there
> wasn't one :( So I read it as "I did not apply" rather then "it did not
> apply". That's great that 'it' did not apply, thought I'd done something
> wrong. I'll have another crack at it later if I get a chance.

Ick, sorry for being terse, my fault.

greg k-h