linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Remove --file option

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:38:38 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com,
	tytso@....edu, dwalter@...gle.com, neilb@...e.de,
	hch@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Remove --file option

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 05:34:28PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> checkpatch.pl is a nice tool to find issues in patches.
> Sadly this tool gets more and more  abused by various people to create
> style cleanups for source files within the kernel.
> In order to deal with that bad habit let's remove the --file option
> and bring checkpatch.pl back to its original purpose.
> 
> Suggested-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

Very good idea:

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

You could also make it do:

	if ($file) {
		print STDERR "Go find real bugs in the kernel instead!\n";
		exit(-1);
	}

if someone supplies --file on the cmdline.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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