Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] improve the kernel quality and reduce the amount of BS patches | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:48:21 -0400 |
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On Wed, 2022-08-17 at 03:09 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > this idiocy has gone too far
Al's semi-annual post?
From 2015:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/bb0fd4fc28b844ac9b63a58c9ffd24a88f7f78cc.1473875340.git.joe@perches.com/
checkpatch can be a useful tool for patches.
It can be a much more controversial tool when used on files with the -f option for style and whitespace changes for code that is relatively stable, obsolete, or for maintained by specific individuals.
o By default, allow checkpatch to be used with the -f|--file option for files in drivers/staging/ o Add an undocumented --force command line option to be used together with the -f|--file option to scan any file
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