On Wed, 2015-02-11 at 21:02 +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:00:29AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > >> I'm half tempted to submit some patch like this to > >> make it difficult to use checkpatch on files outside > >> of drivers/staging. > >> > >> o Only allow checkpatch to be used with the -f/--file > >> option for drivers/staging/ > >> o Add an undocumented --force command line option > > > > Sure. We could try that. I once sent a patch to make -f generate a > > warning about not wasting people's time, but this is also ok. > > > >> o Make --strict the default for drivers/staging > > > > Ack. > > FYI: We had already a heated debate on that topic. > https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/17/415
Yeah, I remember. It's always a pleasure to chat with Borislav. This is basically a patch that implements my suggestion in that thread. https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/17/427 I wonder if the undocumented --force option is acceptable to Pavel and Kalle. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
