linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] 0/3 checkpatch updates, new checkfiles script

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Message-ID: <20071006111343.GA29484@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 6 Oct 2007 13:13:43 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>
Cc:	apw@...dowen.org, rdunlap@...otime.net, jschopp@...tin.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 0/3 checkpatch updates, new checkfiles script


* Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu> wrote:

> So, I ran the above script and it found nearly 1.5 million reported 
> warnings/errors, with drivers being the largest abuser, not 
> surprisingly. [...]

have you tried that with the latest version too:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-next

it outputs far fewer false positives.

	Ingo
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