Re: [PATCH] net: socket: fixed coding style issues.

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 14:17 +0100, Matthew Shaw wrote:
> Fixed an instance where brances are used but not needed, and some lines
> in the comments and code that exceed the 80 character limit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Shaw <shaw500@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/socket.c |  137 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
> index 6e0ccc0..2133040 100644
> --- a/net/socket.c
> +++ b/net/socket.c
> @@ -8,48 +8,48 @@
>   *		Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uWalt.NL.Mugnet.ORG>
>   *
>   * Fixes:
> - *		Anonymous	:	NOTSOCK/BADF cleanup. Error fix in
> - *					shutdown()
> - *		Alan Cox	:	verify_area() fixes
> - *		Alan Cox	:	Removed DDI
> - *		Jonathan Kamens	:	SOCK_DGRAM reconnect bug
[...]

I would question whether such lists of bug fixes are worth keeping at
all.  The names should probably be kept as credits, but the details are
ancient history now.

Ben.

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