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Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 12:40:37 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/12] printk: Replace strncmp with str_has_prefix
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On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:19:04 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> > I find that checkpatch.pl forbids assignment in if condition.
> > So this seems to be infeasible...  
> 
> checkpatch is a stupid script and doesn't forbid
> anything.  It's just a suggestion guide.
> 
> Ignore checkpatch when you know better.

And this is coming from the checkpatch.pl maintainer ;-)

-- Steve