From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67B8EC25B74 for ; Thu, 16 May 2024 09:39:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1s7XaA-000000002oB-1IsY; Thu, 16 May 2024 05:39:26 -0400 Received: from fhigh3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([103.168.172.154]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1s7Xa1-000000002nl-1icH for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Thu, 16 May 2024 05:39:22 -0400 Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailfhigh.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA961140161; Thu, 16 May 2024 05:38:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 16 May 2024 05:38:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h=cc :cc:content-type:content-type:date:date:from:from:in-reply-to :in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:subject :subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1715852338; x=1715938738; bh=vufxbvnZoz S7da3V/HeMPxOe0eQIWwFwwxMiyYa8RAY=; b=jBKhiyz7VFUjnNkW78C/CQgcAY hbJeqc1p/85y2M9MZvFuohpZFNfM7X9Uq5RTN9GB2FXKn4XvIIbAHy9W544t+rMu etBhfMbvQupZ9Qf7xBkivWE+qkH67h/E3z7XpIyQIeLUyqWbqkvwYCCXUL08BD5W Wmib9eDtnos35YFLEbn3BbW+dqx3sZFEFnG7/gPwulKyim1ylmAC/AgGIYtXC0HI jIxR05j9Hrgzf+oCF66sdyPbhksD5uUq4nmtGDGIp+cxm7gUyZpHR3bRkU7faoO4 jU4vKGmy7uC6UCtu6l34su3zG6eObBS5UJwN61n97kvERQvJ8jOVKAI9tm9g== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:subject:subject:to :to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s= fm3; t=1715852338; x=1715938738; bh=vufxbvnZozS7da3V/HeMPxOe0eQI WwFwwxMiyYa8RAY=; b=VxM3oYxro/818K2dcBviclzRqWCJKesZN3vXLMoh3/Yc 9MFUnt4uo7RZ2LnT6RlR0Ulgj96iD1yDbrF42/dKkaqlZENkXxJZQTPBgLBxkp/L /nlJKOYnK2uQzGZexG3jlu4BlYio224dWwjcSKKMHyFzIdYv69i4JxyH/EwJzfmk j/Tye1Vt+FMfTyNTcWNBoreNXageJ9FeyhOMalU88IloVcOxNqZnl4phRZN51IMN 4MF5I44o5OOVbMsAn7/NFGbE1CcwbBZUYHrgbDTnN1P3A7BID3hGr7o6YJefUg91 D0EupL5VL6P8pjKR/R459zOXQ4ZKOz2NOHMKjidztQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvledrvdehuddgudejucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvvefukfhfgggtuggjsehttd ertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefirhgvghcumffjuceoghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhm qeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeehgedvvedvleejuefgtdduudfhkeeltdeihfevjeekje euhfdtueefhffgheekteenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgr ihhlfhhrohhmpehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhhdrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i787e41f1:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Thu, 16 May 2024 05:38:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 11:38:54 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Mohamed Karaoui Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] kvm: replace spaces with a tab Message-ID: <2024051614-fifteen-mutual-47df@gregkh> References: <20240516093145.35644-1-moharaka@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240516093145.35644-1-moharaka@gmail.com> Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 10:31:45AM +0100, Mohamed Karaoui wrote: > Hi list, > > This is an attempt to get a feeling of sending a first patch. Please feel > free to comment. > > I have few questions: > > - I have build this patch against the torvalds/linux.git. Does it matter > which tree I use as long as it works on the maintainer tree? > > - In this particular case I checked the maintainer. It seems that its > tree is something of 11 years old. I suggest working on drivers/staging/ first for basic coding style fixes like this, as they are encouraged there, but not necessarily in other parts of the kerenel at all. Good luck! greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies