linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] Fs: ext4: acl.c: fixed indent issue

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Date:	Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:32:26 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, T Dent <tdent48227@...il.com>,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.cz, dmonakhov@...nvz.org,
	sandeen@...hat.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] Fs: ext4: acl.c: fixed indent issue

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 21:04 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> But the stupid thing is
> trying to do it on a file-by-file basis in the first place, when for
> something like fs/ext4, it really should be done on a subdirectory
> basis.

That's not true at all.

If there's a listed maintainer linked to a pattern
like "F: fs/ext4/", then all files in that
directory and any subdirectories are "maintained".

If a maintainer wants to "exclude" particular files,
or subdirectories, that's possible with the "X:" tag.

> What really annoys me is newbies who use checkpatch.pl in its --file
> mode, and then assume that every single warning is a deadly bug that
> much be patched.

Perhaps checkpatch.pl should print some "don't submit
patches for stupid stuff" when used with -f.

> I at least never use it.

Nor are you required to.

Tool use is optional.  I don't care if you carve
patches with a mallet onto stone tablets and send
them by swarms of carrier pigeon to Linus so can
reuse the stone to build an actual castle.

cheers, Joe

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