Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

Jeff Garzik
2009-12-03T22:30:50Z

On 12/03/2009 05:23 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Thursday 03 December 2009 11:10:51 pm Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Is it good kernel practice to intermingle cosmetic changes with
>> functional ones, in the same code lines? Also, no.
>
> I prefer using common sense over black-and-white rules.
>
> If patch is a _really_ tiny one (< 20 LOC changed) it sometimes makes
> sense to save the time on handling separate patches.

This is open source -- you have to consider the time saved by reviewers too.

But I doubt you have saved time on all your motivated commit searches, so...

Jeff