Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> writes: > 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.
I don't mind if I have to add --force to my scripts as long as checkpatch works similarly as before. -- Kalle Valo -- 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/
