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| author | Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> | 2024-10-09 10:12:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2024-10-10 08:35:20 -0700 |
| commit | aeb218d900e3ea2cc3878ba92cb4758227075358 (patch) | |
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docs: netdev: document guidance on cleanup patches
The purpose of this section is to document what is the current practice
regarding clean-up patches which address checkpatch warnings and similar
problems. I feel there is a value in having this documented so others
can easily refer to it.
Clearly this topic is subjective. And to some extent the current
practice discourages a wider range of patches than is described here.
But I feel it is best to start somewhere, with the most well established
part of the current practice.
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241009-doc-mc-clean-v2-1-e637b665fa81@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index c9edf9e7362d..1ae71e31591c 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ just do it. As a result, a sequence of smaller series gets merged quicker and with better review coverage. Re-posting large series also increases the mailing list traffic. +.. _rcs: + Local variable ordering ("reverse xmas tree", "RCS") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -391,6 +393,21 @@ APIs and helpers, especially scoped iterators. However, direct use of ``__free()`` within networking core and drivers is discouraged. Similar guidance applies to declaring variables mid-function. +Clean-up patches +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Netdev discourages patches which perform simple clean-ups, which are not in +the context of other work. For example: + +* Addressing ``checkpatch.pl`` warnings +* Addressing :ref:`Local variable ordering<rcs>` issues +* Conversions to device-managed APIs (``devm_`` helpers) + +This is because it is felt that the churn that such changes produce comes +at a greater cost than the value of such clean-ups. + +Conversely, spelling and grammar fixes are not discouraged. + Resending after review ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |