Re: [PATCH] kernel/signal.c: whitespace fixes

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 09/02, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Vishnu Pratap Singh wrote:
>
> > From: "vishnu.ps" <vishnu.ps@samsung.com>
> >
> > Fix minor errors and warning messages in kernel/signal.c.  These errors were
> > reported by checkpatch while working with some modifications in signal.c
> > file.
> >
> > ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible - 18
> > ERROR: need consistent spacing around '&' (ctx:WxO) - 11
> > ERROR: space prohibited after that '~' (ctx:OxW) - 11
> > ERROR: trailing whitespace - 4
> > ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV) - 4
> > ERROR: trailing statements should be on next line - 3
> > ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar" - 1
> >
> > total 52 errors fixed.
>
> I am not taking this through trivial.git; it just clutters results of 'git
> blame' horribly for no measurable gain.
>
> Changes like this are reasonable only if you make any real changes to the
> code at the same time.

I agree very much.

Vishnu, please think about those (me in particular ;) who need to backport
the fixes from time to time. Just suppose we have a bug in, say,
do_notify_parent_cldstop(), and it is fixed later. Now I will likely need
to backport your change too, and this is not trivial in general, plus this
adds the additional risk.

Oleg.