linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch: support deprecated terms checking

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Date:   Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:02:48 +0200
From:   Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com, colin.king@...onical.com,
        sj38.park@...il.com, jslaby@...e.cz, pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: checkpatch: support deprecated terms checking

Hello,

I see that this patch went into next and is already inciting people to
do wrong things [1]. Can you please fix it to require '--subjective'
switch or otherwise mark it clearly as suggestion-only?

The coding-style as in Linus' master says about *NEW* uses of the words
listed (those introductions I expect to be actually rare) and not about
existing use in the code or industry. Making a noise about all uses
found surely will generate a lot more irrelevant patches.

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-tegra/msg51849.html

Best Regards
Michał Mirosław