Thank you so much for the advice :) Regards, Srishti On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 3:26 AM, <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 03 Jun 2017 02:59:56 +0530, srishti sharma said: >> Thanks a lot ! > > Also, large parts of the kernel have maintainers who do *not* want to > see checkpatch fixes, because there's 2 basic possibilities: > > 1) The code is being actively worked on by others as well, in which case > your patches can cause merge conflicts for no real benefit. > > 2) The code isn't being worked on, which means your patches (if incorrect) > may cause code instability for no real benefit. > > End result is that most of the kernel only wants style fixups as part of > a series of actual code patches - if you're fixing bugs or redoing an > algorithm, then send style patches as part of the series. > > The rules are different for anything under drivers/staging - all code in there > is assumed to be manure that needs fixing, so feel free to fix it. :) > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
