Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: rtl8192u: Fix coding style issues at ieee80211_crypt_wep.c

[Dan Carpenter]

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:56:08PM +0200, pmarzo wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 19:15 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 07:36:23PM +0200, Pedro Marzo Perez wrote:
> > > Merge two pr_debug lines with literal strings splitted across several lines
> > > into one single line, simplifying prism2_wep_init error check code.
> > > Openning braces should never be in a new line, move them to the end of
> > > the previous line.
> > > Removed two useless lines at ieee80211_wep_null.
> > > 
> > 
> > When Joe said "Some will say this is doing too many things in a single
> > patch." he meant Greg.  Break this up into multiple patches.  Especially
> > now that you've added even more stuff to it.
> > 
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
> 
> Sorry Joe, English is not my mother tongue and I misunderstand your
> comment, I thought "Some will say this is doing too many things in a
> single patch" did meant "You are on the limit, but it is ok to send it
> in one patch" but I see it really means "please, rewrite this whole crap
> into several patches" :-)

The line is a fuzzy line.  You were maybe on the line, maybe but then
you crossed over.

> 
> So I guess an v3 patch should be a chain of several patches, I think a
> sensible approach would be three patches
>   1/3 => rewrite of the error check code
>   2/3 => remove of the two useless lines at ieee80211_wep_null.
>   3/3 => move openning braces and correct the indentation of the
> #include
> 
> What do you think about it?

That sounds fine.

regards,
dan carpenter
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