Re: I have a large patch in the 2000 lines. What to do?

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> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Ivan Safonov <insafonov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have a large patch in the 2000 lines, which replaces the macro BITn to 
> BIT(n) in multiple files.

I will recommend sending RFC patch first and 
Get the community comments.

If they like your patch then divide the patch based on logic rather than lines of codes.
> Is it worth to split this patch into several parts?
> Is it sufficient to place the changes in each file in a separate part of 
> patchset?
> 
> 
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