Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using regexp

From	Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using regexp
Date	2016-01-03 09:20 +0100
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On Sat, 2 Jan 2016, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Sun, 2016-01-03 at 16:06 +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
> > Hanging indentation was a poor choice for the text inside comments. It
> > has been used in the wrong places and done badly elsewhere. There is
> > little consistency within any file. One fork of the core driver uses
> > tabs for this indentation while the other uses spaces. Better to use
> > flush-left alignment throughout.
> > 
> > This patch is the result of the following substitution. It replaces tabs
> > and spaces at the start of a comment line with a single space.
> > 
> > perl -i -pe 's,^(\t*[/ ]\*)[ \t]+,$1 ,' drivers/scsi/{atari_,}NCR5380.c 
> > 
> > This removes some unimportant discrepancies between the two core driver
> > forks so that the important ones become obvious, to facilitate
> > reunification.
> 
> I still think this patch is poor at best and
> overall not useful.

Opinions will differ.

> @@ -32,15 +32,15 @@
> >  /*
> >   * Further development / testing that should be done :
> >   * 1.  Cleanup the NCR5380_transfer_dma function and DMA operation complete
> > - *     code so that everything does the same thing that's done at the
> > - *     end of a pseudo-DMA read operation.
> > + * code so that everything does the same thing that's done at the
> > + * end of a pseudo-DMA read operation.
> >   *
> >   * 2.  Fix REAL_DMA (interrupt driven, polled works fine) -
> > - *     basically, transfer size needs to be reduced by one
> > - *     and the last byte read as is done with PSEUDO_DMA.
> > + * basically, transfer size needs to be reduced by one
> > + * and the last byte read as is done with PSEUDO_DMA.
> >   *
> >   * 4.  Test SCSI-II tagged queueing (I have no devices which support
> > - *      tagged queueing)
> > + * tagged queueing)
> 
> Numbering 1, 2, then 4 could be improved.

That would be churn. I have other plans for the To Do list. The numbering 
will get fixed as items are removed.

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[PATCH v4 00/78] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:20 +0100
  [PATCH v4 63/78] atari_NCR5380: Remove HOSTNO macro from printk() and seq_printf() calls Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 29/78] ncr5380: Remove references to linked commands Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 73/78] ncr5380: Fix pseudo DMA transfers on 53C400 Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 21/78] ncr5380: Sleep when polling, if possible Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 33/78] atari_NCR5380: Set do_abort() timeouts Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 53/78] ncr5380: Use shost_priv helper Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 62/78] ncr5380: Implement new eh_bus_reset_handler Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 60/78] ncr5380: Implement new eh_abort_handler Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 51/78] ncr5380: Remove command list debug code Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 68/78] ncr5380: Fix trailing whitespace using regexp Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 38/78] ncr5380: Remove UNSAFE macro Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 46/78] ncr5380: Fix NDEBUG_NO_DATAOUT flag Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 47/78] ncr5380: Fix and cleanup scsi_host_template initializers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 44/78] ncr5380: Fix off-by-one bug in extended_msg[] bounds check Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 55/78] ncr5380: Remove LIST and REMOVE macros Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using regexp Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using  regexp Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-01-03 09:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using  regexp Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 09:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using  regexp One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-01-03 15:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using  regexp Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-01-03 19:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using  regexp One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-01-03 22:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using  regexp Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-01-03 22:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using  regexp Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-01-03 23:20 +0100
  [PATCH v4 71/78] atari_NCR5380: Merge changes from NCR5380.c Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 70/78] ncr5380: Merge changes from atari_NCR5380.c Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 52/78] ncr5380: Remove H_NO macro and introduce dsprintk Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 31/78] ncr5380: Fix !REQ timeout in do_abort() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 74/78] ncr5380: Use runtime register mapping Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 76/78] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for DTC chips Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 67/78] ncr5380: Cleanup comments Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 39/78] ncr5380: Standardize interrupt handling Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 65/78] atari_scsi, sun3_scsi: Remove global Scsi_Host pointer Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 57/78] ncr5380: Use standard list data structure Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 42/78] ncr5380: Replace READ_OVERRUNS macro with FLAG_NO_DMA_FIXUPS Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 56/78] ncr5380: Remove redundant volatile qualifiers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 59/78] ncr5380: Fix autosense bugs Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 45/78] ncr5380: Cleanup #include directives Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 75/78] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for NCR53C400A Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 48/78] atari_NCR5380: Fix queue_size limit Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 54/78] ncr5380: Use dsprintk() for queue debugging Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 08/78] ncr5380: Move NCR53C400-specific code Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 35/78] ncr5380: Dont wait for BUS FREE after disconnect Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 10/78] atari_NCR5380: Remove RESET_BOOT, CONFIG_ATARI_SCSI_TOSHIBA_DELAY and CONFIG_ATARI_SCSI_RESET_BOOT Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 58/78] ncr5380: Refactor command completion Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 64/78] atari_NCR5380: Eliminate HOSTNO macro Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 78/78] ncr5380: Add support for HP C2502 Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 72/78] ncr5380: Cleanup whitespace and parentheses Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 77/78] ncr5380: Fix wait for 53C80 registers registers after PDMA Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 61/78] ncr5380: Fix EH during arbitration and selection Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 03/78] ncr5380: Eliminate PDEBUG*, TDEBUG* and DTCDEBUG* macros Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 66/78] ncr5380: Fix soft lockups Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:30 +0100
  [PATCH v4 32/78] ncr5380: Fix bus phase in do_abort() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 06/78] ncr5380: Remove NCR5380_instance_name macro Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 34/78] atari_NCR5380: Use arbitration timeout Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 50/78] ncr5380: Change instance->host_lock to hostdata->lock Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 22/78] ncr5380: Eliminate selecting state Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 27/78] ncr5380: Add missing lock in eh_abort_handler Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 20/78] ncr5380: Introduce unbound workqueue Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 11/78] ncr5380: Simplify bus reset handlers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 17/78] ncr5380: Keep BSY asserted when entering SELECTION phase Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 05/78] ncr5380: Remove NCR5380_local_declare and NCR5380_setup macros Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 37/78] ncr5380: Standardize work queueing algorithm Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 12/78] ncr5380: Remove unused hostdata->aborted flag Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 49/78] ncr5380: Remove redundant ICR_ARBITRATION_LOST test and eliminate FLAG_DTC3181E Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 28/78] ncr5380: Drop DEF_SCSI_QCMD macro Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 40/78] ncr5380: Introduce NCR5380_poll_politely2 Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 30/78] ncr5380: Add missing break after case MESSAGE_REJECT Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 43/78] ncr5380: Standardize reselection handling Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 26/78] ncr5380: Fix NCR5380_transfer_pio() result Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 19/78] ncr5380: Cleanup bogus {request,release}_region() calls Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 07/78] ncr5380: Split NCR5380_init() into two functions Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 36/78] ncr5380: Use work_struct instead of delayed_work Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 25/78] ncr5380: Rework disconnect versus poll logic Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 09/78] atari_NCR5380: Reset bus on driver initialization if required Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 41/78] ncr5380: Replace redundant flags with FLAG_NO_DMA_FIXUP Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:40 +0100
  [PATCH v4 15/78] ncr5380: Always escalate bad target time-out in NCR5380_select() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:50 +0100
  [PATCH v4 01/78] atari_scsi: Fix SCSI host ID setting Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:50 +0100
  [PATCH v4 16/78] ncr5380: Proceed with next command after NCR5380_select() calls scsi_done Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:50 +0100
  [PATCH v4 14/78] ncr5380: Use return instead of goto in NCR5380_select() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:50 +0100
  [PATCH v4 04/78] ncr5380: Remove more pointless macros Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:50 +0100
  [PATCH v4 18/78] ncr5380: Eliminate USLEEP_WAITLONG delay Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:50 +0100
  [PATCH v4 02/78] ncr5380: Remove redundant static variable initializers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-01-03 06:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v4 00/78] More fixes, cleanup and modernization for NCR5380 drivers "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> - 2016-01-07 04:00 +0100

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