linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: checkpatch.pl: add 2 new checks on memset calls

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Message-ID: <1424839283.11070.9.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:41:23 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@...il.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: checkpatch.pl: add 2 new checks on memset
 calls

On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 06:35 +0200, Aya Mahfouz wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 07:10:52PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 04:40 +0200, Aya Mahfouz wrote:
> > > This patch adds 2 new checks on memset calls in the file
> > > checkpatch.pl as follows:
[]
> ok, I didn't see your suggestion, sorry.

No worries.

> Can you look at the following
> modification before sending the third patch? I don't use $stat because
> I get false positives with it.

Please describe the false positives.


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