linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] improve the kernel quality and reduce the amount of BS patches

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:48:21 -0400
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Paul Lemmermann <thepaulodoom@...paulodoom.com>
Cc:     arnd@...db.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] improve the kernel quality and reduce the amount of BS
 patches

On Wed, 2022-08-17 at 03:09 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> this idiocy has gone too far    

Al's semi-annual post?

>From 2015:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/bb0fd4fc28b844ac9b63a58c9ffd24a88f7f78cc.1473875340.git.joe@perches.com/

checkpatch can be a useful tool for patches.

It can be a much more controversial tool when used on files with the
-f option for style and whitespace changes for code that is relatively
stable, obsolete, or for maintained by specific individuals.

o By default, allow checkpatch to be used with the -f|--file option
  for files in drivers/staging/
o Add an undocumented --force command line option to be used together
  with the -f|--file option to scan any file