Re: Re: [PATCH] usb:hub: readibility and consistency in coding style

[gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:35:21PM +0000, Atul Raj wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I am so happy to get a mail from you and I am really sorry Greg that I disappointed you.
> I will take utmost care in future.
> I will send you correct patch in sometime.
> for your ques
> "Also, why are you including a ton of people who have nothing to do with
> usb patches on this one?"
> 
> I got the name of people from get_maintainer.pl

When using get_maintainer.pl on this patch it does not include the
dri-devel list, so I don't think you used it correctly.

> from now I will include only you.
> is it ok??

No, do it correctly.

> one more thing in another mail you replied to me as
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:40:28AM +0000, Atul Raj wrote:
> >  changes in v2
> >         - added braces as suggested.
> 
> Why is this here?
> 
> > 
> >  drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> do you disagree with viresh comment of braces???

I disagree that this is a valid changelog comment, please read
Documentation/SubmittingPatches for the correct way to do this.

Again, if you don't have experience doing this, please work in the
drivers/staging/ directory first, not in the "core" kernel.

thanks,

greg k-h