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 10:42:55 -0700
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.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 27/11/17 10:41 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> It can't be determined if the vaf.fmt contains a \n termination.

Yes, that's why we aren't warning. This could potentially be a false 
negative which you haven't said is a problem up until now. If we have to 
worry about false negatives too then your standards of perfection are 
impossible.

Logan