linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Check all .c files for bad kernel-doc comments

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Message-ID: <20171030205134.GA29718@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:51:34 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Check all .c files for bad kernel-doc comments

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 05:19:18PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> Related, there was also a script to do reStructuredText lint style
> checks in addition to the kernel-doc checks using make CHECK and
> C=1. See http://mid.mail-archive.com/87h98quc1w.fsf@intel.com

I don't really care which patch goes in.  If I understand your python
script correctly, it relies on having various python packages installed.
Unless we're going to switch kernel-doc over to being written in python,
I'd prefer to not require additional dependencies.