Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c has something to hide. (whitespace cleanup)

[Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>]

On Tue, 10 May 2005, Andrew Morton wrote:

> "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> >
> > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c has something to hide. (whitespace cleanup)
> > Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:16:57 -0700
> > 
> > > Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > -	if (b == NULL || already_uses(a, b)) return 1;
> > > > +	if (b == NULL || already_uses(a, b))
> > > > +		return 1;
> > > 
> > > There are about 88 squillion of these in the kernel.  I think it would be a
> > > mistake for me to start taking such patches, sorry.
> > 
> > I disagree.  Putting statements on the same line as
> > the if statement hides bugs and makes the code harder
> > to read.
> 
> We all know that, but this means that we spend the next two years fielding
> an ongoing dribble of trivial patches which distract from real work.
> 
That was not the plan. The patch at the start of this thread was merely a 
"feeler" to see what the judge the reaction to such patches.

> > Fixing these makes the kernel eaiser to maintain
> > and debug.
> 
> Well I suppose I could live with a few REALLY REALLY BIG patches to do this
> to lots of files, but if it's the old death-by-1000-cuts, I'm gonna call
> uncle this time.
> 
These things annoy me, so if you are willing to accept a few patches (in 
the 10-20 range) that clean most (I'm not going to say all) of this stuff 
up, then I'm game. Give me a few days (more likely a week or two or 
slightly more) and I'll get that done. Those patches *will* be big 
though...

--
Jesper


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