linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/mm fixes

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Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:10:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ibm.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@....fi>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/mm fixes



On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> 
> Anyway I just hacked /usr/share/quilt/refresh to automatically run the
> kernel style checker:
> 
> # wfg: check for kernel coding style
> if [ -x scripts/checkpatch.pl ]; then
>         scripts/checkpatch.pl $patch_file
> fi

It's probably sensible to check things, but do remember that some of the 
things checkpatch warns about are better left the way they are, rather 
than make the code uglier just to make checkpatch happy.

			Linus
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