From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758982Ab3IBUui (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 16:50:38 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48691 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758919Ab3IBUuh (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 16:50:37 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20130902195056.GB32628@leaf> References: <20130902195056.GB32628@leaf> <9976.1378132260@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1378138205.1953.66.camel@joe-AO722> <20130902181510.GA29787@leaf> <20130902181856.GB29787@leaf> <20130902153945.6d7e510c@samsung.com> <1378148367.1953.98.camel@joe-AO722> To: Josh Triplett Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Joe Perches , Andy Whitcroft , ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [PATCH] checkpatch: Add comment about updating Documentation/CodingStyle Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:50:23 +0100 Message-ID: <13834.1378155023@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Josh Triplett wrote: > > There are many checkpatch rules (like semicolons) that > > are not in CodingStyle. > > It's a rule of thumb, not a mandate. In *general*, checkpatch.pl should > not be enforcing style rules that aren't documented in CodingStyle. Except that it becomes a mandate when someone runs it automatically against every one of your patches and then sends you an email for each patch it finds a checkpatch niggle against... David