From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: checkpatch: exclude drivers/staging from if with unnecessary parentheses test
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:03:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180111150319.86ca6ee1c16b85e4c0e034a0@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1515704034.9619.165.camel@perches.com>
On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:53:54 -0800 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> Greg KH doesn't like this test so exclude the staging directory
> from the implied --strict only test unless --strict is actually
> used on the command-line.
>
"doesn't like" is rather vague. What is the objection, specifically?
Also, an example of code which has an "if with unnecessary parentheses"
would help others understand the decision.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-11 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-11 20:53 Joe Perches
2018-01-11 23:03 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2018-01-12 1:17 ` Joe Perches
2018-01-12 1:40 ` Andrew Morton
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