On Tue, 2015-10-13 at 15:23 -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> On 10/13/2015 02:39 PM, Janusz Wolak wrote:
> > From: Janusz Wolak <janusz...@gmail.com>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Janusz Wolak <janusz...@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_param.c | 114
> ++++++++++++++++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_param.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_param.c
> > index c9cde35..9ec730e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_param.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_param.c
> > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> >
> /********************************************************************
> ***********
> > -
> > +*
> > Intel PRO/1000 Linux driver
> > Copyright(c) 1999 - 2006 Intel Corporation.
> >
> > @@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
> >
> > #define E1000_PARAM_INIT { [0 ... E1000_MAX_NIC] = OPTION_UNSET }
> > #define E1000_PARAM(X, desc) \
> > - static int X[E1000_MAX_NIC+1] = E1000_PARAM_INIT; \
> > + static int X[E1000_MAX_NIC + 1] = E1000_PARAM_INIT; \
> > static unsigned int num_##X; \
> > module_param_array_named(X, X, int, &num_##X, 0); \
> > - MODULE_PARM_DESC(X, desc);
> > + MODULE_PARM_DESC(X, desc)
> >
> > /* Transmit Descriptor Count
> > *
> > @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ struct e1000_option {
> > } r;
> > struct { /* list_option info */
> > int nr;
> > +
> > const struct e1000_opt_list { int i; char
> *str; } *p;
> > } l;
> > } arg;
>
> How is adding a space here adding any value? Please don't just
> blindly
> follow checkpatch as it can give out erroneous information.
>
> Looking over most of this patch series it seems like it is taking
> readability in the wrong direction and reducing the ability to
> maintain
> the driver since this code has been "maintenance only" for some time
> now. If somebody comes up with a legitimate fix for an issue at some
> point in the future they will need to work around these patches in
> order
> to back-port it into a stable release and that just hurts
> maintainability.
>
> I'd say this whole series should be rejected on the grounds that this
> driver is mostly stable and should only really be modified for bug
> fixes
> at this point. If we really need to go through and do a checkpatch
> sweep we should probably just focus on serious errors only instead of
> going astray and chasing down things that are false hits or minor
> issues
> that are mostly a matter of preference.In addition to all what Alex has said, I am not pleased about a 6 patch series, with every patch in the series with the exact same frickin title. Consider this patch series rejected and dropped.
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