Re: [PATCH v2] staging: octeon: Use new initialization api for tasklet

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Sat Sep 14 2024 - 12:51:37 EST


On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 10:14:56PM +0530, Abhishek Tamboli wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 10:20:02AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 12:47:34AM +0530, Abhishek Tamboli wrote:
> > > Use the new api DECLARE_TASKLET instead of DECLARE_TASKLET_OLD
> > > introduced in commit 12cc923f1ccc ("tasklet: Introduce new
> > > initialization API").
> >
> > This says what you are doing, but not why you are doing this.
> >
> > Why is this needed? What bug does this fix? The code is the exact same
> > afterward so why should this be accepted?
> >
> While this patch doesn't fix any functional bug, it ensures that the
> code is kept up to date with the new Initialization API for tasklets.

You need to resend the patch with this information included in the commit
message.

regards,
dan carpenter