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From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] zd1211rw/zd_usb.h: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
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Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:56:46 +0200
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        R. Silva's message of "Thu, 5 Mar 2020 12:28:27 -0600")
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+ jes

"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On 3/5/20 10:10, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> writes:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 2020-03-05 at 16:50 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>> "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com> writes:
>>> []
>>>>>  drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.h | 8 ++++----
>>>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> "zd1211rw: " is enough, no need to have the filename in the title.
>> 
>>>> But I asked this already in an earlier patch, who prefers this format?
>>>> It already got opposition so I'm not sure what to do.
>>>
>>> I think it doesn't matter.
>>>
>>> Trivial inconsistencies in patch subject and word choice
>>> don't have much overall impact.
>> 
>> I wrote in a confusing way, my question above was about the actual patch
>> and not the the title. For example, Jes didn't like this style change:
>> 
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11402315/
>> 
>
> It doesn't seem that that comment adds a lot to the conversation. The only
> thing that it says is literally "fix the compiler". By the way, more than
> a hundred patches have already been applied to linux-next[1] and he seems
> to be the only person that has commented such a thing.

But I also asked who prefers this format in that thread, you should not
ignore questions from two maintainers (me and Jes).

> Qemu guys are adopting this format, too[2][3].
>
> On the other hand, the changelog text explains the reasons why we are
> implementing this change all across the kernel tree. :)
>
> [1]
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/log/?qt=grep&q=flexible-array
> [2] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-s390x/2020-03/msg00019.html
> [3] https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-s390x/2020-03/msg00020.html

TBH I was leaning more on Jes side on this, but I guess these patches
are ok if they are so widely accepted. Unless anyone objects?

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