Re: [PATCH] crypto: md4: Fix checkpatch issues

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 at 14:15, Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 01:26:10PM +0200, Franziska Naepelt wrote:
> > The following checkpatch issues have been fixed:
> > - WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
> > - ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
> > - ERROR: space prohibited after that open square bracket '['
> > - WARNING: space prohibited between function name and open parenthesis '('
> > - ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
>
> Again, please split up into one patch per fixes, as a patch series.
>

Apart from the SPDX conversion, I think it is fine to fix multiple
different whitespace issues in the same file with one patch. Splitting
that up is just busywork.


> >
> > not fixed:
> > - ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
> > in lines: 64, 65, 66 have not ben fixed due to readability
>
> Can you clearly explain why do you skip #define ROUNDx macros?
>
> > -/*
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > +/*
> >   * Cryptographic API.
> >   *
> >   * MD4 Message Digest Algorithm (RFC1320).
>
> What about removing the license boilerplate text below (and thus convert
> to SPDX)? Personally, I prefer having a SPDX conversion series for crypto/
> directory instead.
>
> Thanks.
>
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