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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:03:19 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Subject: Re: checkpatch: exclude drivers/staging from if with unnecessary
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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.