Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 01/11] Staging: rtl8188eu: hal_com: Add space around operators

[Shreeya Patel]

On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 02:04 +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> Hi Shreeya,
> 
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 04:48:08 +0530
> Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 08:09 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 12:27 +0100, Greg KH wrote:  
> > 
> > Hi Greg and Joe,
> > 
> > > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 03:51:13AM +0530, Shreeya Patel
> > > > wrote:  
> > > > > Add space around operators for improving the code
> > > > > readability.
> > > > > Reported by checkpatch.pl
> > > > > 
> > > > > git diff -w shows no difference.
> > > > > diff of the .o files before and after the changes shows no
> > > > > difference.  
> > > > 
> > > > There is no need to have these two lines on every changelog
> > > > comment
> > > > in
> > > > this series :(  
> > > 
> > >   
> > 
> > Yes I get that.
> > 
> > > In my opinion, there's no need for a series here.
> > > 
> > > Whitespace only changes _should_ be done all at once.
> > > 
> > > Whitespace changes _could_ have changed string constants.
> > > 
> > > So noting that the patch in only whitespace and that
> > > there isn't a difference in object files is useful as
> > > it shows any change has been compiled and tested.
> > >   
> > 
> > Joe, I feel the same thing, there is no need of a patch series
> > for it but I was given a suggestion that it becomes difficult for
> > the
> > reviewers to review the patch so it is good to send a patchset
> > instead.
> 
> In this case, reviewing the 224 lines you're touching in one shot
> feels
> the same as reviewing them over 11 patches, as the change is always
> of
> the same type. Maybe a single patch is actually even a bit quicker to
> review.
> 
> Are you sure the suggestion was referring to this, and it wasn't
> about
> different type of changes in the same patch?
> 
Yes I am sure about it. But anyway I will send a single patch for these
changes now.

Thanks Stefano :)