linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: netlogic: platform

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Date:   Sun, 14 Jan 2018 12:22:06 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        Naveen Panwar <naveen.panwar27@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: netlogic: platform_net: Fixed '(' at the EOL

On Sun, 2018-01-14 at 20:10 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 11:47:11PM +0530, Naveen Panwar wrote:
> > Removed '(' from the end of line, coding style issue.
> 
> The one and only reason for warnings is that they point to
> places more likely to be dodgy.  There is no inherent value
> in having e.g. checkpatch.pl STFU, all wanking about uniformity
> of style nonwithstanding.

[ long and complete response removed, available at
  https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10162725/ ]

It was very generous of you to spend so much time on that
informative and thorough reply Al.

My own response was _much_ more terse.

What I wonder is if that sort of guided response can be
setup as documentation for kernel-newbies / janitors so
that future new submitters can have better ideas as to
what code can and should be improved instead of getting
simple and sometimes ill-advised whitespace changes.

cheers, Joe