Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] staging: rtl8723bs: Code cleanup in drivers/staging/rtl8723bs

From: Luka Gejak

Date: Thu Apr 09 2026 - 11:51:01 EST


On April 9, 2026 5:39:58 PM GMT+02:00, Prithvi <activprithvi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 09, 2026 at 05:02:16PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 09, 2026 at 08:20:45PM +0530, Prithvi wrote:
>> > On Thu, Apr 09, 2026 at 04:18:28PM +0200, Luka Gejak wrote:
>> > > On Thu Apr 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM CEST, Prithvi Tambewagh wrote:
>> > > > This patch series focuses on code cleanup in drivers/staging/rtl8723bs,
>> > > > majorly focusing on fixing checkpatch warnings of constant being on right
>> > > > side of test in comparisons, deletion of empty if block ,use of
>> > > > read_poll_timeout_atomic(), and other code simplifications.
>> > > >
>> > > > Changes since v3:
>> > > > - Rebased the patches on top of staging-next
>> > > > - Remove compilation output from cover letter
>> > > > - Add changes in each patch version in cover letter
>> > > >
>> > > > v3 link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/1D11A73B-4869-47DB-B8F5-FB3F0D7FF932@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m3190af744bc1e1f151e9e8503c7d20951fe27534
>> > >
>> > > ...
>> > >
>> > > Hi Prithvi,
>> > > this seems better, but I have one question. Did patch series appear on
>> > > mailing list to you, because I cant find it and my emails sent today
>> > > don't appear either. Not to be misunderstood I don't believe this is
>> > > your fault but I would like to know if you are experiencing the same
>> > > problem.
>> > > Best regards,
>> > > Luka Gejak
>> >
>> > Hi Luka,
>> >
>> > I just observed I am also facing the same issue - I am not able to see the
>> > patch series on the mailing list, no idea why :( However I received the
>> > sent patches as well as your reviewed by tags on mail but I am not sure why
>> > the patch series is not visible on the mailing list.
>> >
>> > Shall I resend the patch series?
>>
>> No, please wait, lore.kernel.org is currently having some problems.
>>
>> But next time, trim your "who do I cc:" list, as it is _way_ too big,
>> how did you generate it?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h
>
>Understood...here I used all the email addresses generated from the
>get_maintainer.pl script. Next time, I'll be sure to trim it down just to
>maintainers and reviewers.
>
>Thanks,
>Prithvi

Upon testing myself, get_maintainer.pl doesn't list all of those
people when ran on a directory or a file in staging.
Best regards,
Luka Gejak