linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] Staging: android: uapi: Fix coding style typedef issue

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Date:	Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:08:05 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Sohny Thomas <sohnythomas@...o.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	arve@...roid.com, riandrews@...roid.com, sumit.semwal@...aro.org,
	carlos@...rcia.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] Staging: android: uapi: Fix coding style typedef
 issue

On Wed, 2015-07-01 at 17:31 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 07:17:58PM +0530, Sohny Thomas wrote:
> > 
> > As per checkpatch.pl remove unnecessary typedef
> > Here ion_user_handle_t was used only in the header .
> > 
> > Signed-of-by: Sohny Thomas <sohnythomas@...o.com>
> 
> The original code was correct.

because the typedef is exposed to user-space. (uapi)

> Checkpatch.pl is not the king of the
> world, which you must obey or die.

As Dan once said, "it's less sentient than a squirrel".

> It is just a perl script.

Don't be a squirrel.
Please engage your brain when using the stupid little tool.


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