linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] Fs: ext4: namei: fixed file of checkpatch/pl warnings and errors

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Date:	Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:35:41 -0400
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>
To:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Tracey Dent <tdent48227@...il.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] Fs: ext4: namei: fixed file of checkpatch/pl
 warnings and errors

On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 14:23 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 08:36:34AM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> > 
> > BTW I wouldn't trust checkpatch so blindly. Also keep in mind checkpatch
> > is only a tool and that maintainers have full authority to ignore the
> > problems (or "problems") it spews.
> 
> I'm beginning to think we need to have an entry in the kernel newbie's
> FAQ warning people that the output of various scripts such as
> checkpatch and get_maintainer are not authoratative, and are
> hueristics intended to be supplemented by human intelligence.

It would actually be quite useful to add a warning in kernelnewbies
about this, some people tend to get too carried away :)

Davidlohr
> 
> 	   	       	  	       	  	- TEd
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