Re: [PATCH] spi: Fix warning about redefinition

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Aug 06 2014 - 15:18:43 EST


On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 09:07:04PM +0200, David Wood wrote:
> On 6 August 2014 21:04, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 08:53:41PM +0200, David Wood wrote:
> > ...
> > That was purely to ensure that there is no hidden use through a macro
> > defined elsewhere, not a suggestion for a real patch.
> >
> > Guenter
>
> I also managed not to notice that I had in fact shown that the fs.h
> definitions were the opposite of those in the spi driver, so it would
> in fact be significant if they were swapped.
>
See it positively: There is someone out there doing an excellent job
of forcing various kernel maintainers to have a close look into areas
of the kernel they would otherwise never look at. In addition to that,
we all gain valuable knowledge on how to validate patches.

Guenter
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