linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.04

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Date:	Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:34:55 -0700
From:	James Ketrenos <jketreno@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.04

Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> This version brings a some new tests, and a host of changes to fix
> false positives, of particular note:
> 
>   - check for and report #if 0
>   - extend checking of line lengths and spacing for .pl, .sh etc
>   - extends the pointer type checks to multiple levels
>   - updates printk handling to track newlines
>   - adds a wrapped patch detector
>   - drops the leading component of the filenames
>   - extends switch indent handling to switch statmentes rooted in
>     the context
>   - adds foo * bar single pointer checks

I just wanted to say Thank You for putting checkpatch.pl together.

I've only used v0.1 here (its what showed up in wireless-dev) but
it made pruning through the iwlwifi sources to clean things up a 
very manageable task.

Great job so far.

Thanks,
James
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