Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

On Thu, 2014-08-21 at 23:13 -0500, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We have a > bad habit of using it for things like invalid operations on > otherwise valid syscalls. We should avoid this in new code. [] > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scrip

[PATCH] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We have a bad habit of using it for things like invalid operations on otherwise valid syscalls. We should avoid this in new code. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski --- Pervasive incorrect usage of ENOSYS came up at the kernel summit ABI revi