[PATCH] fix double ;;s in code

Andrew Morton akpm at linux-foundation.org
Tue Feb 20 23:47:15 UTC 2018


On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:03:56 +0200 Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> wrote:
> > On Mon 2018-02-19 16:41:35, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> >> Yeah, pls split this into one patch per area, with a suitable patch
> >> subject prefix. Look at git log of each file to get a feeling for what's
> >> the standard in each area.
> >
> > Yeah I can spend hour spliting it, and then people will ignore it
> > anyway.
> >
> > If you care about one of the files being modified, please fix the
> > bug, ";;" is a clear bug.
> >
> > If you don't care ... well I don't care either.
> 
> Look, if this causes just one conflict down the line because it touches
> the kernel all over the place, then IMO it already wasn't worth
> it. Merge conflicts are inevitable, but there's no reason to make life
> harder just to cater for a cleanup patch. It's not that important.
> 
> Had it been split up, the drm parts would've been merged already.

I just stage patches like this behind linux-next.  So if your stuff in
in -next, you'll never notice a thing.



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