Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fixed the trailing whitespaces/commented code

Ethan Tidmore
2026-03-18T17:54:41Z

On Wed Mar 18, 2026 at 10:11 AM CDT, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 08:36:21PM +0530, Aadarsh 7001 wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 07:59:28AM +0100, Luka Gejak wrote:
>> > > Hi Aadarsh,
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for submitting this patch, and good luck with your GSoC
>> > application!
>> >
>> > Wait, what? Is GSoC doing staging patches for "entrance" into the
>> > program? If so, SOMEONE needs to tell me this, otherwise I will have to
>> > treat all of these as an abuse of the community review process and just
>> > flat out reject all staging patches until the GSoC application process
>> > is over.
>> >
>> This isn't ok, you all know better than to do this.
>> >
>> > Who is in charge of the kernel GSoC project this year?
>> >
>> > greg k-h
>>
>> Sorry for the confusion, that wasn't my intention to abuse the community
>> > review process. This is my effort to learn and contribute to the kernel.
>> > I'll be extra care ful on this. Thank you for clarification.
>
> If you are applying for GSoC, this is not your fault. I want to know
> who the mentors that asked you to send this patch, where is that
> documented?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

It's on the actual page for it [1]:

Create a small patch that fixes a trivial issue in drivers/staging.
See points 1) and 2) below to learn the process. Only after this patch
is accepted by the community you can go and work on the next step.

Thanks,

ET

[1] https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/GSoC-2026-Device-Tree-Bindings