Re: [PATCH v2 01/75] staging: ks7010: Use the ARRAY_SIZE() macro to calculate array sizes.

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Apr 02 2018 - 10:57:13 EST


On Mon, 2018-04-02 at 14:45 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 07:12:53AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sat, 2018-03-31 at 11:41 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:36:13PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2018-03-30 at 23:07 -0700, Quytelda Kahja wrote:
> > > > > This macro, provided in 'linux/kernel.h', will calculate the size
> > > > > more succinctly than a division operation.
> > > >
> > > > It's nice that you send patches, but please try to send a
> > > > cover letter with your patch series.
> > > >
> > >
> > > There are obviously times when a cover letter is required but what's the
> > > point of that for this particular series?
> >
> > practice
> >
> It really pisses me off to see patch submitters get assign busy work
> for no reason. This is not school and these are not your students.

Please take a chill pill Dan.
I think cover letters are best practice.