Re: [PATCH v10] staging: rtl8723bs: remove commented-out code
From: Luka Gejak
Date: Tue Apr 14 2026 - 03:39:35 EST
On April 14, 2026 9:10:01 AM GMT+02:00, Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:05:34PM +0530, Aadarsh Mandal wrote:
>> Remove code that is not used anywhere in driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Aadarsh Mandal <aadarshmandal9354@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v10:
>> - Change in commit style.
>
>Heh.
>
>We really do want to know what changed between versions but this is
>too vague to be useful. The problem is that we are very lazy and
>forgetful and we can't remember or be bothered to look it up. If
>we have a note, we easily check if you added a Signed-off-by line
>we asked for or whatever.
>
>So this should have been "The notes under the --- cut off line were
>misnumbered. Fix that." It's not really fixed. :P But whatever
>at this point I'm ready to just merge this.
>
>Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Dan is completely right that this series stretched for too long for a
simple dead code removal therefore I agree with Dan to merge it as is.
Reviewed-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> v9:
>> - Change in commit style.
>
>This should have been "Don't do unrelated white space changes".
>
>> v8:
>> - Restore the formatting of non-commented code.
>
>This one was probably intended to be the note for v9. In v7 what
>we complained about was that you said "no change" and we wondered
>why you were resending patches with no change. This message should
>have been "Add better notes under the --- cut off line".
>
>> v7:
>> - Change in commit style.
>
>This one was "Add a Signed-off-by line."
>
>regards,
>dan carpenter
>