Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] printk: Move console matching logic into a separate function

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Tue Feb 11 2020 - 10:26:53 EST


On Tue, 2020-02-11 at 15:29 +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > @@ -2626,6 +2627,60 @@ static int __init keep_bootcon_setup(char *str)
> > + /*
> > + * Some consoles, such as pstore and netconsole, can be enabled even
> > + * without matching.
> > + */
>
> There are few lines in the patchset where the indentation is done
> by spaces instead of tabs. The above 3 lines are just one example.

Odd. Something must have gone wrong with my emacs config when I
switched laptops, I'll have a look thanks.

> I'll fix this when pushing. But please, be more careful next time ;-)
> I suggest to use some more clever editor that helps with code
> formatting.

I normally do :)

> Also I suggest to run ./scripts/checkpatch.pl on the patches
> before sending.

Yeah I never quite got that knack, I still keep forgetting ... the doom
of old habits, I didn't even when I was maintainer of arch/powerpc ...
oops :)

But yeah, I'll try to remember next time.

> Also the three patches were not send in a single thread so that
> it was harder to find all the pieces. I personally use:
>
> git format-patch --cover-letter origin/master -o some-dir
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl some-dir/*
> $> edit some-dir/0000-*.patch
> git send-email --smtp-server=... --to= --cc= ... some-dir/*

I usually do when it's more than a couple of patches but yeah, again,
bad old habits. Sorry about that.

Cheers,
Ben.