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Message-ID: <20100926182338.GM19690@thunk.org> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:23:38 -0400 From: Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl> Cc: 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, 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. - TEd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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