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From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To:     Nam Cao <namcaov@gmail.com>
Cc:     Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] staging: vt6655: Implement allocation failure
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On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:38:19AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 09:11:58AM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> > > Find in this email a comment from Greg about RFC:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-gpio/YwS4WDekXM3UQ7Yo@kroah.com/
> > > This patch is marked as "RFC" but I don't see any questions that you
> > > have here.  Please resolve anything you think needs to be handled and
> > > submit a "this series is ok to be merged" version.
> > >
> > > May be this is applicable to this patch as well.
> > 
> > I add the RFC tag to "tells maintainers should review your patch thoroughly,
> > and provide feedback. RFC is typically used when sending feature patches for
> > the first time, or anytime the patch is more than just a simple bug fix."
> > (from https://kernelnewbies.org/PatchTipsAndTricks). I was not aware that this
> > tag may be interpreted differently. I can send a new patchset if necessary.
> 
> Clean up patches are much simpler than bug fixes.  No need for an RFC.
> 
> But this patch does too many things and Greg will not apply it.

Sorry, when I wrote this email I thought I was responding to a different
thread.

regards,
dan carpenter