linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add a warning for log messages that don't end in a new line

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:42:48 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add a warning for log messages that
 don't end in a new line

On Mon, 2017-11-27 at 10:35 -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> On 27/11/17 10:28 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > It doesn't miss any mark.  It simply informs.
> > Correctness when fixing are a different world of problems.
> 
> So how come the double standard?

No double stardard.  One correctly informs that a bare
printk is not acceptable.

>  Having a missing new line warning 
> simply informs here too.

No it has a high false positive rate and newbies
act on that by submitting bad patches.'