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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Valentin Ilie <valentin.ilie@gmail.com>
Cc: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: sys.c: Fixed coding style issues
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:35:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F93364E.2010805@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHuBVBZtCJ_o2DR9+z+BokS05JbCn2-zAh5sBnpwZo97-YaReA@mail.gmail.com>

On 04/21/2012 08:27 AM, Valentin Ilie wrote:

>> This kind of patch is not easy to review.
>> Can you please prove that no logic has changed?
>> E.g. By comparing the object file before and after your patch...
> 
> Everything seems to be OK.
> 
> The diff is because the old version had an unnecessary \n in two places.

But Richard asked you to compare the object files (binary files,
kernel/sys.o) to make sure that they are the same.


> $ checkpatch.pl -q --file --terse /tmp/test/sys.c | grep total
> total: 33 errors, 18 warnings, 2057 lines checked
> $ checkpatch.pl -q --file --terse /tmp/test/sys_patched.c | grep total
> total: 4 errors, 14 warnings, 2055 lines checked
> 
> $ diff -iEbwB sys.c sys_patched.c
> 215,216c215
> < 			else if ((who != cred->uid) &&
> < 				 !(user = find_user(who)))
> ---
>> 		else if ((who != cred->uid) && !(user = find_user(who)))
> 280,281c279
> < 			else if ((who != cred->uid) &&
> < 				 !(user = find_user(who)))
> ---
>> 		else if ((who != cred->uid) && !(user = find_user(who)))
> 
> 



-- 
~Randy

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-21 22:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-21 11:42 [PATCH] kernel: sys.c: Fixed coding style issues Valentin Ilie
2012-04-21 12:34 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-04-21 15:27   ` Valentin Ilie
2012-04-21 22:35     ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2012-04-21 22:36       ` Randy Dunlap
2012-04-22  0:43         ` Valentin Ilie
2012-04-24 13:17 ` Paul Gortmaker

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