Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 2 authors, 2025-09-14

Re: [PATCH net] net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure

From: Yeounsu Moon <hidden>
Date: 2025-09-14 08:51:58
Also in: lkml

On Sat Sep 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM KST, Andrew Lunn wrote:
quoted
-				skb_copy_to_linear_data (skb,
+				skb_copy_to_linear_data(skb,
 						  np->rx_skbuff[entry]->data,
 						  pkt_len);
-				skb_put (skb, pkt_len);
+				skb_put(skb, pkt_len);
Please don't include white space changes with other changes. It makes
the patch harder to review.

    Andrew
Thank you for reviewing!

As you mentioned, it indeed becomes harder to see what the real changes
are. I have a few questions related to that:

1. If I remove the whitespace between the funciton name and the
parenthesis, `checkpatch.pl` will warn about it. Of course, I understand
that we don't need to follow such rules in a mindessly robotic way.

2. However, I also read in the netdev FAQ that cleanup-only patches are
discouraged. So I thought it would be better to include the cleanup
together with the patch. But I see your point, and I'll be more careful
not to send patches that cause such confusion in the future.

3. This is more of a personal curiosity: in that case, what would be the
proper way to handle cleanup patches?

	Yeounsu Moon
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