Subject: Re: [PATCH] llc: fix coding style and memory barrier documentation

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:16:44 -0700

On Tue,  5 May 2026 21:25:49 +0200 Lucas Poupeau wrote:
> Fix multiple style issues reported by checkpatch.pl to improve code
> maintainability and compliance with kernel standards.

Quoting documentation:

  Clean-up patches
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  Netdev discourages patches which perform simple clean-ups, which are not in
  the context of other work. For example:
  
  * Addressing ``checkpatch.pl``, and other trivial coding style warnings
  * Addressing :ref:`Local variable ordering<rcs>` issues
  * Conversions to device-managed APIs (``devm_`` helpers)
  
  This is because it is felt that the churn that such changes produce comes
  at a greater cost than the value of such clean-ups.
  
  Conversely, spelling and grammar fixes are not discouraged.
  
See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#clean-up-patches