Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fixed the trailing whitespaces/commented code

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:54:38PM -0500, Ethan Tidmore wrote:
> On Wed Mar 18, 2026 at 10:11 AM CDT, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 08:36:21PM +0530, Aadarsh 7001 wrote:
> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 07:59:28AM +0100, Luka Gejak wrote:
> >> > > Hi Aadarsh,
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks for submitting this patch, and good luck with your GSoC
> >> > application!
> >> >
> >> > Wait, what?  Is GSoC doing staging patches for "entrance" into the
> >> > program?  If so, SOMEONE needs to tell me this, otherwise I will have to
> >> > treat all of these as an abuse of the community review process and just
> >> > flat out reject all staging patches until the GSoC application process
> >> > is over.
> >> >
> >> This isn't ok, you all know better than to do this.
> >> >
> >> > Who is in charge of the kernel GSoC project this year?
> >> >
> >> > greg k-h
> >> 
> >> Sorry for the confusion, that wasn't my intention to abuse the community
> >> > review process. This is my effort to learn and contribute to the kernel.
> >> > I'll be extra care ful on this. Thank you for clarification.
> >
> > If you are applying for GSoC, this is not your fault.  I want to know
> > who the mentors that asked you to send this patch, where is that
> > documented?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> 
> It's on the actual page for it [1]:
> 
> Create a small patch that fixes a trivial issue in drivers/staging. 
> See points 1) and 2) below to learn the process. Only after this patch 
> is accepted by the community you can go and work on the next step.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ET
> 
> [1] https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/GSoC-2026-Device-Tree-Bindings

And it points to a video of mine from 16 years ago

{sigh}

It would have been nice for someone from that project to give me the
heads-up that we would be getting a huge increase in our review load :(