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

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:49:00 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>
Cc:     Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>,
        SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com,
        colin.king@...onical.com, jslaby@...e.cz, pavel@....cz,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: checkpatch: support deprecated terms checking

On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 13:44 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:54:41 +0200 SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > > Unfortunately, the inexperienced _do_ in fact run
> > > > > checkpatch on files and submit inappropriate patches.
> 
> I don't think I really agree with the "new code only" guideline (where
> did this come from, anyway?).  10 years from now any remaining pre-2020
> terms will look exceedingly archaic and will get converted at some
> point.
> 
> Wouldn't be longterm realistic to just bite the bullet now and add these
> conversions to the various todo lists?

I don't think so.

There's no exclusion list for existing uses
written to external specification.

It's just emitting effectively noisy warnings
on things that should not be changed.