From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Ali Kaasinen <ali.kaasinen@gmail.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: LKML: "Fixes as per checkpatch.pl" patches
Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 09:18:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1493741881.22125.6.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <db18ed38-1e4f-264b-17e4-31cd671c878f@gmail.com>
On Tue, 2017-05-02 at 18:08 +0300, Ali Kaasinen wrote:
> Hellooo, presumably contacted the right people.
>
> I often browse LKML, and patches saying "Fix style issues as reported by
> checkpatch.pl", and Greg responding "That's really vague, you need to be
> specific, and only fix one type of thing per patch" seem fairly common
> these days, e.g.:
>
> - http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1704.3/01867.html
>
> - http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1705.0/00105.html
>
> Just wondering, shouldn't checkpatch mention that?
This question should be asked while cc'ing lkml.
What Greg does with patches is up to Greg.
A checkpatch user guide in Documentation could be useful.
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