On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 08:18:58PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 06:43:10PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > > > Commit message should just describe in plain text what you are doing > > > > Did other contributors find the wording “Replace …” > > > > > > > and why. > > > > and “… a bit safer according to the Linux coding style convention.” > > sufficient often enough already? > > > > Which description would you find more appropriate for this change pattern? > > > > Regards, > > Markus > > For 1/4 and 2/4: explain why the message can be omitted. Remove sentence > about Coccinelle. That's all. > 3/4: definitive NAK, too much noise compared to value. > 4/4: this a good commit message. Requires a Tested-by before can be > accepted, which I'm not able to give. > > Hope this helps. > > /Jarkko One more word of advice: send the three as separate patches. My guess is that it takes a factor longer time to apply 4/4 than other patches because there's more limited crowd who can test it.