linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch induced patches...

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Message-ID: <1423686025.15343.20.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:20:25 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	gmate.amit@...il.com, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Bas Peters <baspeters93@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pushpendra Singh <pushpendra.singh@...rtplayin.com>,
	manuel.schoelling@....de,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: checkpatch induced patches...

On Wed, 2015-02-11 at 21:02 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:00:29AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> >> I'm half tempted to submit some patch like this to
> >> make it difficult to use checkpatch on files outside
> >> of drivers/staging.
> >>
> >> o Only allow checkpatch to be used with the -f/--file
> >>   option for drivers/staging/
> >> o Add an undocumented --force command line option
> >
> > Sure.  We could try that.  I once sent a patch to make -f generate a
> > warning about not wasting people's time, but this is also ok.
> >
> >> o Make --strict the default for drivers/staging
> >
> > Ack.
> 
> FYI: We had already a heated debate on that topic.
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/17/415

Yeah, I remember.

It's always a pleasure to chat with Borislav.

This is basically a patch that implements my suggestion
in that thread.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/17/427

I wonder if the undocumented --force option is acceptable
to Pavel and Kalle.

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