linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: Fix four errors in kmsg.c

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:05:00 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     huzhi001@...suo.com, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, senozhatsky@...omium.org, adobriyan@...il.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Fix four errors in kmsg.c

On (23/07/14 10:22), Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Fri 2023-07-14 14:57:59, huzhi001@...suo.com wrote:
> > The following checkpatch errors are removed:
> > ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar"
> > ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar"
> > ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar"
> > ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar"
> 
> Please, do not do fix these cosmetic issues reported by checkpatch.pl.
> It is not worth the effort. In fact, it is contra productive.
> It complicates the git history, backports.

Absolutely agree with Petr.

As a side note, I wonder if checkpatch can deprecate that -f option?