RE: [PATCH 0254/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

[Steve Wise]

> 
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 09:12:54AM -0500, Steve Wise wrote:
> > Acked-by: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> 
> I have to ask, why did you ack all these? There's several things wrong with
> this patch series, but even the point of the patch is mistaken. It makes
> readable code much less readable. When you chmod a file, do you type
> 
>   chmod 0444 file
> 
> or do you write
> 
>   chmod S_IRUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IROTH file
> 
> ?
> 
> Which of the above is easier to figure what is being changed?
>

I assumed this was some global "fix up".   
 
> Not to mention, because the subject is the same for all 1285 patches, and you
> deleted the content of the patch in your ack, there's no way to know what
> exactly this ack is for (I haven't received the original patch yet because
> it's probably being ratelimited by some mail server).
> 

I acked just the single patches that hit cxgb3/cxgb4.  But if this is really
garbage, then ignore my ACKs...

Steve.