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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:35:11 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Minu Jin <s9430939@naver.com>
Cc: dan.carpenter@linaro.org, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] staging: rtl8723bs: change return type of
 _rtw_pktfile_read to int
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 11:23:06PM +0900, Minu Jin wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Sorry, I just realized what you meant.
> 
> You were suggesting to keep the 'Fix' (including the necessary type 
> change for error codes) and 'Cleanup' (formatting and style) separate 
> to make the fix easier to backport.
> 
> I misunderstood "leave the type alone" as "never change the type." 
> I'll reorganize the series into the two patches 
> you suggested and send v6 shortly.
> 
> Thanks for the clarification!

Please always keep the context of an email, otherwise the reader has no
idea what is going on.

Remember, some of us get over 1000 emails a day to deal with, context
matters.

thanks,

greg k-h