From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965965AbcHBOEO (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:04:14 -0400 Received: from twin.jikos.cz ([89.185.236.188]:37553 "EHLO twin.jikos.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966139AbcHBOCp (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:02:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:59:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina X-X-Sender: jikos@twin.jikos.cz To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Radim_Kr=E8m=E1=F8?= cc: Baole Ni , pbonzini@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chuansheng.liu@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0034/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro In-Reply-To: <20160802132509.GD3608@potion> Message-ID: References: <20160802103601.16039-1-baolex.ni@intel.com> <20160802132509.GD3608@potion> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2 Aug 2016, Radim Krèmáø wrote: > Btw. the posting could be improved with a cover letter that would link > all patches to it; the series will be easier to handle in mail clients > and there will be a clear place for common discussion about the > patchset. Optionally merge related patches; one patch per subsystem > would be ideal. If this should be done at all (which I don't think so, the octal representation looks actually much more straightforward than the cryptic macros), it should be scripted (preferably in coccinelle) and sent out as a script to run on the whole tree at higher maintainer levels. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs