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From: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Omer El Idrissi <omer.e.idrissi@gmail.com>, johannes@sipsolutions.net
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: move static function from header to referenced file
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 07:41:02 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <936d7fdc-fd79-4869-b39a-7219d2ce4979@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2070cf87-bc38-4237-a58b-6554572a8842@gmail.com>

On 10/30/2026 6:21 AM, Omer El Idrissi wrote:
>>> Move static function from header file to only c file it's used in.
>> why? all the drv_ inlines are in driver-ops.h
>>
>> first rule of commit text is to describe the problem you are tying to solve.
>>
>> don't add unnecessary churn to the wireless code.
> 
> i moved it because multiple files include the header and when those are 
> compiled they don't see the tracepoint definition because the next patch 
> ifdef guards it under the same config that enables the only file the 
> static function that uses the tracepoint is called from.
> 
> this static function was only used in that file and i didn't see any 
> obvious reason for it's existance in that header so i moved it to the 
> file where it's used.
> 
> commit messages are kept in the git history. should i send a v2 with a 
> better commit message? or is the patch series problematic otherwise?

I can't speak for Johannes (wireless maintainer) but I would not accept these
patches. There are thousands of patches active in wireless, many of which
solve real problems, so the maintainers usually don't have time for "noise"
patches. I have over 400 patches in my ath.git queue alone.

/jeff

  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-02 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-17 15:55 [PATCH 0/2] mac80211: hide tracepoint definition Omer El Idrissi
2026-10-17 15:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: move static function from header to referenced file Omer El Idrissi
2026-10-30  1:31   ` Jeff Johnson
2026-10-30 13:21     ` Omer El Idrissi
2026-11-02 15:41       ` Jeff Johnson [this message]
2026-10-17 15:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: hide drv_get_stats tracepoint with ifdef guard Omer El Idrissi
2026-10-24 14:31 ` [PATCH 0/2] mac80211: hide tracepoint definition Omer El Idrissi

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