linux-kernel - Re: latest checkpatch

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Message-ID: <20071018205147.GA1382@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:51:47 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: latest checkpatch


* Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> wrote:

> >> 	if (foo)
> >> 		bar();
> >> 		baz();
> >> 	one();
> >>     
> >
> > detecting that would be awesome - it's often the sign of a real bug 
> > because the intent is often to have bar() and baz() in the conditional 
> > block.
> 
> This is more useful operating on an entire file, so the script can see 
> all the context.

there's "checkpatch --file" for complete files, so it can see the full 
context if the user passes it in.

	Ingo
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