From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 408C8EC873D for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:24:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237288AbjIGPXk (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2023 11:23:40 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49776 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235309AbjIGPW6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2023 11:22:58 -0400 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4A171A8 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 08:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E2462C32795; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:43:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1694097791; bh=asy4IRLGIUtIK1mmhq7yfYHWP/QF8/QGkxEZfSNTPHU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=nPMM0bEk8tVedHL2NUUtOQ9dC6b56CJ7hEE+42d3TOxUvhRK0t8P0ak2fkZ5RTlW1 WKHJii9K08AoG4FKi3q4rUsJlhYXBFaKuE8/RQMkkATjtnAzeKzJrVPG3jkhaIViEm 8Ilp7Si0q4m/EYU/KgmMfrn6FbRXICzlFGpq5uhA= Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:43:08 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Philipp Hortmann Cc: Pavan Bobba , Forest Bond , Michael Straube , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vt6655: array names updated as per kernel coding guidelines Message-ID: <2023090742-urology-relieve-660a@gregkh> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 02:49:10PM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > On 9/7/23 14:23, Pavan Bobba wrote: > > Below array names updated as per coding guidelines: > > > > 1.byVT3253B0_AGC4_RFMD2959 > > 2.byVT3253B0_AIROHA2230 > > 3.byVT3253B0_UW2451 > > 4.byVT3253B0_AGC > > > > Conversions performed: > > a.type encoding info dropped from names > > b.names replaced by snakecase > > > > Issue found by checkpatch > > > > Signed-off-by: Pavan Bobba > > --- > > v1 -> v2: 1.subject name modified to more meaningful detail > > 2.name of the tool added in body of explanation, > > which found this issue > > Hi Pavan, > > you did not fullfil what Greg wrote: > > - You did not write a descriptive Subject: for the patch, allowing Greg, > and everyone else, to know what this patch is all about. Please read > the section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the kernel file, > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for what a proper > Subject: line should look like. > > The issue is that hundreds of patches could have this title: "array names > updated as per kernel coding guidelines" Make it more unique. > > Rename CamelCase variable starting with byVT3253B0_ > > Always consider that Greg reads a lot of patches per day. Nor is the changelog written properly as per the documentation or the zillion past changes for this driver :) thanks, greg k-h