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From: Felix Kimbu <felixkimbu1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 04:36:10 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: wlan-ng: Rename 'foo' to 'rc' in p80211conv.c
To: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, 
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 9:25=E2=80=AFPM Alison Schofield
<alison.schofield@intel.com> wrote:

Greetings Alison,
Thanks for the review. I will work and resubmit the v4 as guided.
Regards

>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 06:11:53PM +0100, Felix N. Kimbu wrote:
>
> Hi Felix,
> Thanks for sending this v3 as a new patch. Now, I'm going to ask
> you to create a v4 to straighten out a bit more of the patch
> format.
>
> The commit message below includes some revision history that only
> belongs below the '---',  Your commit message will be with this
> patch when it is committed, and the changelog will fall away.
> The changelog benefits reviewers today, and it also is always
> retrievable in Lore for folks curious about the patches journey.
>
> So, I'll make some edits directly below indicating what I think
> v4 should look like.
>
> Caveat 1: I didn't test the patch. I expect it applies, compiles,
> and passes checkpatch.  Double check that all on v4.
>
> Caveat 2: I don't know if GregKH is going to accept this trivial
> patch. That's OK.  By the time we get though v4 you will have
> applied a bunch of patching practices that you can take forward
> to your next patches.
>
> > Rename identifer 'foo' to 'rc' Suggested-by Alison Schofield in functio=
ns
> > skb_p80211_to_ether() and skb_ether_to_p80211().
> >
>
> Replace above with:
> Rename identifier 'foo' to 'rc' in skb_p80211_to_ether() and
> skb_ether_to_p80211() to match the common kernel coding style.
>
> (Try to get the spell checker running with checkpatch to catch things
> like the misspelled 'identifer' above.)
>
>
> Delete from here:
> > Fix indentation necessitated by above rename Suggested-by Dan Carpenter
> > and Philipp Hortmann.
> >
> > This change adds intuitive meaning to the idenfier, adhering to best
> > practices and coding style.
> >
> to here.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Felix N. Kimbu <felixkimbu1@gmail.com>
> > ---
>
> (The names in parens is optional. Folks often do it to make
> it easier for reviewers to find what they last commented, and
> also it is a bit of a nod, appreciating your reviewers)
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Remove changelog comments from commit log (AlisonS)
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Create a proper new patch revision (AlisonS)
> - Use 'rc' instead of 'decrypt_check' (AlisonS)
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix wrong indentation introduced in v1 (DanC)
> - Correct subject to include driver (PhilippH)
>
>