linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd:checkpatch:fix pointer declaration

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:43:11 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "raghuhack78@...il.com" <raghuhack78@...il.com>
Cc:     "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd:checkpatch:fix pointer declaration

On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 18:06 +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 21:28 +0530, RAGHU Halharvi wrote:
> > * Fix all pointer declaration which causes
> >    "ERROR: "foo* bar" should be "foo *bar""
> 
> Hello Raghu,
> 
> If you would not be aware of this, checkpatch is a tool that is intended to
> verify patches before submission and not to verify code that is already
> upstream. A detailed explanation of why patches like this one should not be
> submitted is available in "A quick guide to why stand-alone checkpatch
> patches suck"
> (https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2014-September/012296.html).

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