linux-kernel - Re: x86: remove casts

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Message-ID: <20080122100609.GA12154@shadowen.org>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:06:24 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: x86: remove casts

On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 02:56:05PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> On Jan 18 2008 11:45, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >* Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de> wrote:
> >
> >> This is against x86/mm.
> >
> >hm, it has checkpatch failures -
> 
> All false positives.

The spacing thing is definately a matter for argument elsewhere.  I
cirtainly have no real oppinion on the matter.  As has been said
elsewhere the coding style is not meant to be as everyone likes it, more
a minimally offensive common position generating consistancy out of
caos.

Checkpatch is _meant_ to push you towards the recommendations in
CodingStyle, that is the definative resource; common sense should prevail
over it.  <standard message>checkpatch is a style guide only, think
about its output and be prepared to justify any non-complience.</standard
message>.

The second one is a clear falsie which I believe I have fixed for the
next release, rather over zelous "possible type" detection has fired here.

ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar"
#123: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c:248:
+                         EXT_SIGNATURE_SIZE * i;

Cheers.

-apw
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