From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72BF9C00140 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:48:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S243304AbiHRFsb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:48:31 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:34102 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S238680AbiHRFs2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:48:28 -0400 Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0011.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.11]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2E492317B for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:48:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from omf09.hostedemail.com (a10.router.float.18 [10.200.18.1]) by unirelay08.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6C881417FB; Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:48:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf09.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D330B20030; Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:48:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] improve the kernel quality and reduce the amount of BS patches From: Joe Perches To: Al Viro , Paul Lemmermann Cc: arnd@arndb.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:48:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT User-Agent: Evolution 3.44.4 (3.44.4-1.fc36) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: D330B20030 X-Stat-Signature: z1qpfo4tgry3bp9w1nzbb8ipzn4p7bdq X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout02 X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX186jvNGhNmV/LCc/lt8ollBDUsgJF5X50U= X-HE-Tag: 1660801702-159636 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2022-08-17 at 03:09 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > this idiocy has gone too far Al's semi-annual post? >From 2015: https://lore.kernel.org/all/bb0fd4fc28b844ac9b63a58c9ffd24a88f7f78cc.1473875340.git.joe@perches.com/ checkpatch can be a useful tool for patches. It can be a much more controversial tool when used on files with the -f option for style and whitespace changes for code that is relatively stable, obsolete, or for maintained by specific individuals. o By default, allow checkpatch to be used with the -f|--file option for files in drivers/staging/ o Add an undocumented --force command line option to be used together with the -f|--file option to scan any file