linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESEND] scripts: add no-warning option to the checkpatch script

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Message-ID: <20101221125110.GI18715@shadowen.org>
Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:51:10 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] scripts: add no-warning option to the
 checkpatch script

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 04:06:10AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 12:48 +0100, Marco Stornelli wrote:
> > 2010/12/20 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
> > > On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 09:37 +0100, Marco Stornelli wrote:
> > >> 2010/12/20 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
> > >> > Why do you think it's useful?
> > >> To "debug" a patch from style point of view, I think it's useful to
> > >> fix before the errors and then the warnings. So this option it's
> > >> useful as a "filter". However, I added you in cc: because of a reply
> > >> to my first patch that indicated you as a person interested in this
> > >> scope.
> > > Perhaps then it'd be better to filter/enable/disable
> > > the 3 current categories of messages.
> > > Maybe something like this:
> > Yeah, very good. Will it be inserted in mainline?
> 
> Dunno.  Maybe if Andy thinks it worthwhile.
> He takes his time about this sort of thing.

At a quick skim that seems a more comprehensive approach.  I've been lax
as always picking things up but with the quiet time coming I hope to
hoover up the left overs and push them out.

Thanks.

-apw
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