linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: aic7xxx: avoid checkpatch error

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Message-ID: <564d19fcd79afb957f301ef50ab5601280488798.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:23:27 -0400
From:   James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     sunran001@...suo.com, hare@...e.com, martin.petersen@...cle.co
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: aic7xxx: avoid checkpatch error

On Thu, 2023-07-20 at 17:57 +0800, sunran001@...suo.com wrote:
> ERROR: do not initialise statics to NULL

We don't accept checkpatch fixes on drivers, particularly not old ones.
The reason is very simple: checkpatch keeps updating, so they would
cause endless churn and a vastly increased risk of introducing bugs
into older drivers.  Checkpatch.pl as the name implies is for checking
patches only.

James