linux-kernel - Re: [patch] checkpatch.pl: revert wrong --file message

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Date:	Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:27:33 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Andy Whitcroft" <andyw@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] checkpatch.pl: revert wrong --file message

Hi,

On Feb 16, 2008 12:18 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> People, who do cleanups - I'm not talking about running lindent here -
> read through the code while they fix it up.
>
> Actually they find bugs that way or at least come up with useful
> questions about code which is not obvious in the first place.
>
> Discouraging such cleanups with a pretty offensive warning is
> counterproductive.

Well, it's not just about cleanup patches submitted by "newbies". I
use checkpatch for development too and the warning is real PITA for
that.
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