Re: [PATCH] staging: iio: ad7280a: Lines should not end with a '(' - style

From: Giuliano Augusto Faulin Belinassi
Date: Tue Oct 16 2018 - 19:29:54 EST


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Sorry. I think this may be because my HTML mode in gmail was enabled.

> I wrote that to encourage you to do more than
> what checkpatch says.

> I just moved code around and reduced duplication.

> There are many similar opportunities for code
> refactoring in staging.

Thank you :-) I will put effort to improve these points.

> You could test what I wrote, add a good commit
> message with a subject like:
>
> [PATCH V2] staging: iio: ad7280a: Refactor <functionname>
>
> with a commit message that describes the changes and
> perhaps shows the object size difference using
>
> $ size <old> <new>

I will do that. :-)

> Are you doing this for a class assignment?
Yes, I am. I am into a group that aims to contribute to opensource
projects and we chose the Linux kernel. Our mentor suggested us to
contribute to the linux-iio

Thank you
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 8:08 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> (There is a linux-usp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list
> that bounces when I reply, so I removed it from the
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>
> On Tue, 2018-10-16 at 19:48 -0300, Giuliano Belinassi wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Thank you for your review :-).
> > Sorry, but I am a newbie on this, and now I am confused about my next
> > step. Should I make a v2 based on your changes, or do you want to submit
> > your changes?
>
> I wrote that to encourage you to do more than
> what checkpatch says.
>
> I just moved code around and reduced duplication.
>
> There are many similar opportunities for code
> refactoring in staging.
>
> You could test what I wrote, add a good commit
> message with a subject like:
>
> [PATCH V2] staging: iio: ad7280a: Refactor <functionname>
>
> with a commit message that describes the changes and
> perhaps shows the object size difference using
>
> $ size <old> <new>
>
> Maybe add a Suggested-by: tag if it pleases you, but
> what I did is trivial and I think it's unnecessary.
>
> Are you doing this for a class assignment?
>
>