linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch.pl false positive: FSF mailing address

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:25:55 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl false positive: FSF mailing address

On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 11:15 -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

Hey again Brian.

> > Yeah, it's amusing.  It's also likely not something worth
> > bothering with though as the likelihood of fixing it is low
> > and eventually the FSF warning will be minimized or removed
> > as no longer necessary.
> An easy improvement: don't use "ignore case" for the regex.

Maybe, but:

drivers/pcmcia/bfin_cf_pcmcia.c: * if not, write to the free software foundation,

Of course there's only one of those too.

Mostly, it's a "I just don't care very much" warning.

If you care enough to submit a patch removing the "/i"
from the regex, please do and cc Andrew Morton too.

> > checkpatch is stupid, false positives will always exist.

I'd almost rather have people understand this.