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Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 07:49:27 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: core: rtw_mlme_ext.c: Remove unused
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On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:08:21AM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
> On 09/06/19 4:32 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 12:41:23PM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
> > > Remove variables that are declared and assigned values but not otherwise
> > > used.
> > > Issue found with Coccinelle.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 9 ---------
> > >   1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > You sent me 8 patches for this driver, yet only 2 were ordered in a
> > series.  I have no idea what order to apply these in :(
> > 
> > Please resend them _all_ in a numbered patch series so I have a chance
> > to get this correct.
> 
> Yes, I can do that. Who do I send the patch series to in that case? The
> maintainers list is slightly different for each file, and most of the
> patches in this driver are for different and unrelated files (except, I
> think, the two that I did send as a patch series). Do I combine the
> maintainers lists and send the entire patch series to everyone listed as a
> maintainer for any one of the patches in it?

The maintainer and mailing list is the same for all of the files in a
single driver.  If not, then something is wrong.

And yes, you can combine the list of people if you wish but be sure you
are not just randomly including people who happened to touch the driver
"last".

greg k-h