From: Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: dan.carpenter@oracle.com, joe@perches.com,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_xmit.c
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 09:48:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210403074805.GB1563@agape.jhs> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YGgb2Mtzyp79elQ6@kroah.com>
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:40:08AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 07:29:43PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> > remove all RT_TRACE logs
> >
>
> I don't mean to be a pain, but this changelog text needs some work.
>
> This says _what_ it does, but not _why_ you are doing this. The kernel
> documentation has a section on how to write a good changelog text, you
> might want to look at that.
you are right, I spent time writing the cover, but not the changelog which
will remain in kernel history
>
> For this type of series, this could be as simple as:
> Remove all of the RT_TRACE_LOGs in the rtx_xmit.c file as they
> currently do nothing as they require the code to be modified by
> hand in order to be turned on. This obviously has not happened
> since the code was merged, so just remove them as they are
> unused.
>
>
> Or something like that.
>
> Most of the time, writing the changelog can take more work than the
> actual code change itself, but it's important as we need to know what is
> happening both for the reviewers, as well as people in the future who
> might have to look back and try to understand the reason for specific
> changes.
>
> Can you fix up this series based on this and resend?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Thank you Greg, I will do and resend it.
fabio
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-02 17:29 [PATCH v2 00/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/* Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 01/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_xmit.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-03 7:40 ` Greg KH
2021-04-03 7:48 ` Fabio Aiuto [this message]
2021-04-03 7:50 ` Greg KH
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 02/30] staging: rtl8723bs: fix condition in if statement Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 03/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_security.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 04/30] staging: rtl8723bs: fix line exceed warning Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 05/30] staging: rtl8723bs: fix spaces around operator issues Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 06/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove all RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_eeprom.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 07/30] staging: rtl8723bs: fix error prone if conditions Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 08/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove all RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_pwrctrl.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 09/30] staging: rtl8723bs: fix logical continuation issue Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 10/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary parentheses in if-condition Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 11/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_cmd.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 12/30] staging: rtl8723bs: fix null check conditions Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 13/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary parentheses in if condition Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 14/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove commented RT_TRACE calls in core/rtw_mlme.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 15/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs " Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 16/30] staging: rtl8723bs: tidy up some error handling Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:29 ` [PATCH v2 17/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_mlme_ext.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 18/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove commented RT_TRACE calls in core/rtw_recv.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 19/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs " Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 20/30] staging: rtl8723bs: added spaces around operator Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 21/30] staging: rtl8723bs: split long line Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 22/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary parentheses Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 23/30] staging: rtl8723bs: fix comparison in if condition Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 24/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove commented RT_TRACE call in core/rtw_ioctl_set.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 25/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs " Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 26/30] staging: rtl8723bs: place constant on the right side of the test Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 27/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove all RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_wlan_util.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 28/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_sta_mgt.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 29/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_ieee80211.c Fabio Aiuto
2021-04-02 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 30/30] staging: rtl8723bs: add spaces around operators Fabio Aiuto
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