linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid: cleanup formatting of megaraid

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Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 14:38:37 -0800
From:   Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Konrad Wilhelm Kleine <kkleine@...hat.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        kashyap.desai@...adcom.com, sumit.saxena@...adcom.com,
        shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com, scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid: cleanup formatting of megaraid


On 3/4/22 6:02 AM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 2:46 PM Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com> wrote:
>> The churn level will be very high.
> Nobody is planning to reformat the entire kernel, at least not until
> the tool is close enough to the kernel style, which will take a while.

The churn on a single file like this is high.

There is no way to separate just one type of change, you get all the 
changes.

Not having an opt-in/out per type of change is a flaw that makes 
clang-format not ready.

Tom

>
>> Until clang-format has an opt-in mechanism, I do not think clang-format
>> should be used.
>>
>> .clang-format should be moved to staging/ to reflect its not being ready
>> status.
> What is not ready about it?
>
> It is a fairly useful tool that some people is already using, either
> for full file formatting or for sections within their editor.
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel
>