Re: [PATCH v2 01/30] staging: rtl8723bs: remove RT_TRACE logs in core/rtw_xmit.c

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On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:40:08AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 07:29:43PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> > remove all RT_TRACE logs
> > 
> 
> I don't mean to be a pain, but this changelog text needs some work.
> 
> This says _what_ it does, but not _why_ you are doing this.  The kernel
> documentation has a section on how to write a good changelog text, you
> might want to look at that.

you are right, I spent time writing the cover, but not the changelog which
will remain in kernel history

> 
> For this type of series, this could be as simple as:
> 	Remove all of the RT_TRACE_LOGs in the rtx_xmit.c file as they
> 	currently do nothing as they require the code to be modified by
> 	hand in order to be turned on.  This obviously has not happened
> 	since the code was merged, so just remove them as they are
> 	unused.
> 
> 
> Or something like that.
> 
> Most of the time, writing the changelog can take more work than the
> actual code change itself, but it's important as we need to know what is
> happening both for the reviewers, as well as people in the future who
> might have to look back and try to understand the reason for specific
> changes.
> 
> Can you fix up this series based on this and resend?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Thank you Greg, I will do and resend it.

fabio




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