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Message-ID: <20091007165250.30d8c996@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:52:50 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com> Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] checkpatch: add a blacklist On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:41:08 -0700 Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:11 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Right it's a tool .. However, you should use it and you should follow > > > it. If for some reason you disagree with the tool you have to give at > > > least an arguable reason why, not just "It's a guide", "I don't like the > > > coding style." etc.. > > > > Those are perfectly good reasons. > > I don't think they are.. Like adding spaces for tabs is ok cause > checkpatch is a guide right? Yes.. if it was such a big deal someone would have updated the git commit tools to fix them as we do to strim off trailing spaces. They have *zero* impact on performance, maintainability or readability providing they don't mess up the indentation - and the kernel is full of them. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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