linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Only emit LONG

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Message-ID: <20140626065211.GA10358@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:52:11 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Only emit LONG_LINE for --strict

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 09:43:27PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> How would you feel about a patch that flagged long lines with a warning
> in patch mode, but not in file mode?

Just tell people to not send patches to just cleanup checkpath.pl
warnings in code they don't actually maintain or make large changes
to.  If that BS went away a lot of peoples life would be a lot easier.

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