[Please do not top post. I also think you didn't intend to drop the CC
list - restored]

On Tue 16-01-18 03:13:31, Robert Rickett wrote:
> Michal,
> 
>     Although tiny changes like this are minuscule, they are relevant to the
> big picture. If developers create a tool that informs contributors of an
>     error in the code, but then says "I'm aware of the error, but it's not
> worth fixing", what's the point of programming the tool to warn the end-user
>     in the first place? Why not just say "We want you to use tabs, but it's
> okay not to if you don't feel like it"? Either way, Thank You for taking
>     the time to respond and have a great day!
> 
>                                                                     Robert
> Rickett
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:46 AM, Michal Hocko <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon 15-01-18 19:17:12, Robert Donald Rickett wrote:
> > > This is a patch to the memory.c file that fixes the
> > > "ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible"
> > > found by the checkpatch.pl tool.
> >
> > Is this really worth it? The code is not any better readable and it just
> > adds a churn to the history and makes life of anybody using git blame
> > slightly more harder. So what is the benefit?
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Robert Donald Rickett <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  mm/memory.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> > > index ca5674cbaff2..e9f6e58aa77c 100644
> > > --- a/mm/memory.c
> > > +++ b/mm/memory.c
> > > @@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ int zap_vma_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > unsigned long address,
> > >               unsigned long size)
> > >  {
> > >       if (address < vma->vm_start || address + size > vma->vm_end ||
> > > -                     !(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
> > > +                     !(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
> > >               return -1;
> > >       zap_page_range_single(vma, address, size, NULL);
> > >       return 0;
> > > --
> > > 2.14.1
> >
> > --
> > Michal Hocko
> > SUSE Labs
> >

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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