linux-kernel - Re: latest checkpatch

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Message-ID: <4717C8CD.9010300@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:57:49 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: latest checkpatch

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

This is new, I guess?

[jgarzik@...tzel linux-2.6]$  scripts/checkpatch.pl --file 
drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
Unknown option: file

Such an option would be quite useful, but does not appear in upstream.

Also, upstream lacks support for "-h" and "--help" so you get to guess 
at the options.

	Jeff


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