checkpatch induced patches...
Richard Weinberger
richard at nod.at
Wed Feb 11 22:46:56 UTC 2015
Am 11.02.2015 um 23:43 schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:43:03PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>> Maybe some help/warning text like:
>>
>> --force Without --force, checkpatch will not scan files
>> using -f or --file outside of drivers/staging/...
>> Do not use this option merely to create potential
>> patches that are uncompiled or untested.
>
> Everyone compiles their patches hopefully? The problem is with patches
> that aren't really a cleanup but are just done to make checkpatch happy.
>
> I guess documenting --force is better than not documenting.
Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing. -- Dick Brandon
Thanks,
//richard
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