RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] USB: serial: cp210x: Got rid of magic numbers in CRTSCTS flag code.

[Konstantin Shkolnyy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johan Hovold [mailto:jhovold@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Johan Hovold
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 07:55
> To: Konstantin Shkolnyy
> Cc: Johan Hovold; Konstantin Shkolnyy; linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] USB: serial: cp210x: Got rid of magic
> numbers in CRTSCTS flag code.
> 
> On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 12:46:17PM +0000, Konstantin Shkolnyy wrote:
> > > -----Original Message----- From: linux-usb-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:linux-usb- owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Johan Hovold
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 02:29 To: Konstantin Shkolnyy Cc:
> > > johan@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] USB:
> > > serial: cp210x: Got rid of magic numbers in CRTSCTS flag code.
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 07:52:23PM -0500, Konstantin Shkolnyy wrote:
> > > > Replaced magic numbers used in the CRTSCTS flag code with symbolic
> > > names
> > > > from the chip specification.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Shkolnyy <konstantin.shkolnyy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This patch does not even compile. Please be more careful when
> > > resubmitting. There are at least two compilation errors below.
> >
> > Sorry about that.
> >
> > It's a couple of dumb syntax errors that don't really matter for
> > change review purpose. Otherwise, do the patches look good?
> 
> It's worse than that as when the code doesn't even compile it's obvious
> that it has never been tested. That is just not acceptable, and the code
> does not deserve review.

Well, I did test the final code. I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the point of a patch series is that it gets applied or rejected entirely, so nobody would run the code in the middle of it.