linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] RDMA/erdma: Use the bitmap API to allocate bitmaps

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Message-ID: <Ytj/27UCySaronBO@unreal>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:27:23 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     Cheng Xu <chengyou@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Kai Shen <kaishen@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] RDMA/erdma: Use the bitmap API to allocate bitmaps

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 05:36:36PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 19/07/2022 à 15:01, Dan Carpenter a écrit :
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 09:54:34AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:01:10PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Best not to use any auto-formatting tools.  They are all bad.
> > > 
> > > Have you tried clang-format? I wouldn't call it bad..
> > 
> > I prefered Christophe's formatting to clang's.  ;)
> > 
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> checkpatch.pl only gives hints and should not blindly be taken as THE
> reference, but:
> 
>   ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --strict
> drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_cmdq.c
> 
> gives:
>   CHECK: Lines should not end with a '('
>   #81: FILE: drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_cmdq.c:81:
>   +	cmdq->comp_wait_bitmap = devm_bitmap_zalloc(
> 
>   total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 1 checks, 493 lines checked
> 
> (some other files in the same directory also have some checkpatch
> warning/error)
> 
> 
> 
> Don't know if it may be an issue for maintainers.

We don't run with --strict. It is indeed very subjective.

Thanks

> 
> CJ