Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:05:38 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Fix warnings due to introduction of new typedefs |
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On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 10:59:21AM +0200, Jonathan Bergh wrote: > On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 10:32:29AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > Hi > > > This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you > > did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version. > > This patch is a *new* patch which replaced a previous *series* of patches > so it was considered a *new* standalone patch, rather than a new version > of the original series.
Not really, it's a version 2 as you are doing the same thing.
> > - Your patch did many different things all at once, making it difficult > > to review. All Linux kernel patches need to only do one thing at a > > time. If you need to do multiple things (such as clean up all coding > > style issues in a file/driver), do it in a sequence of patches, each > > one doing only one thing. > > This patch only addresses removal of typedefs from the declarations > and fixes up the implmentations that relied on those typedefs. The previous > advice was to not make breaking changes across patches, so this patch > represents code changes which are as atomic as possible in a single patch > without breaking the build. It does not mix formatting / other changes > with the code change.
Please fix up one typedef at a time.
thanks,
greg k-h
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