Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: android: fix binder.c printk macros

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:30:08AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 10:24 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:20:00AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Your patch-bot needs work.
> > > 
> > > Converting printks to pr_<level> is trivial
> > > and should be done all at once, not piecemeal.
> > 
> > I'm not disagreeing with that, unfortunately this patch also did more
> > than just pr_<level> conversions, which is why my patch-bot kicked in.
> > 
> > So your patch-bot complaint generator needs work :)
> 
> Or not.  I think wholesale whitespace changes are just
> fine too.

That's nice, but you aren't the one accepting these patches, sorry.

Also, again, I don't want to see whitespace changes at the same time as
other changes like this, as it makes things harder to review.

> git diff -w can ignore all those things pretty easily.

Ok, but you can't "ignore" those changes before you apply them, which is
what I have to do in reviewing patches.

> Using a bot is certainly sensible and sanity-preserving.
> I think it just needs a little tweaking.

Again, the bot worked properly here, there was more than one logical
change in the patch, so it needs to be split up.  One for the pr_<level>
chanegs, and one for the "lines greater than 80 columns" changes.

If the bot annoys you so much, you can filter it away, or, if others
complain, I can have it not post to mailing lists and only respond to
the original author, but that's generally rude for having a
conversation.

thanks,

greg k-h