linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove errors caught by checkpatch.pl in kernel/kallsyms.c

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Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:13:10 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove errors caught by checkpatch.pl in
	kernel/kallsyms.c

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 04:50:23PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> > Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > We routinely mention Sparse, lockdep, Coverity, Coccinelle, kmemleak, 
> > > ftrace, kmemcheck and other tools as well when it motives to fix a bug 
> > > or uncleanliness. [...] It is absolutely fine to
> > > mention checkpatch when it catches uncleanliness in code that already 
> > > got merged. I dont understand your point.
> > 
> > I wrote "don't mention checkpatch" but I really meant "think about what
> > the effect of the patch is and describe this".
> 
> Are you arguing that in all those other cases the tools should not be 
> mentioned either? I dont think that position is tenable.

Hell, yes.  I'm sick and tired of "$DRIVER: fix sparse warnings <something
far off-screen when looking at it in mutt on xterm>" kind of subjects,
while we are at it.  Mention the tool when that adds information useful for
understanding commit message and patch; otherwise you are just adding noise.
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