Re: [GIT PULL] Follow up block changes for this merge window

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On 8/22/18 2:39 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:54 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> - Set of bcache fixes and changes (Coly)
> 
> Some of those bcache style fixes look questionable.
> 
> Maybe we should push back on some of the checkpatch rules instead?
> 
> Like having argument names in declarations - sometimes descriptive
> names can be good documentation. And sometimes they are just noise,
> because the type is what describes it.
> 
> Oh well. Taken.

Thanks - fwiw, I don't disagree, and I tend to push back harder on
this in core code than drivers. Especially for newer maintainers,
as it can sometimes be a way to dabble around in the code and
find "real" issues.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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