checkpatch.pl comment style warnings

[Greg Donald]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> In general use checkpatch.pl on code you are submitting or around code
> you are already patching.

But I see patches that do more than one thing get turned down every day.

> Sending in standalone coding style patches 9 times in 10 will result
> in a rejected patch.

Why would 9/10 coding style patches be rejected simply for being
standalone?  I thought standalone patches were preferred.


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Greg Donald