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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