From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AE52258 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtprelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0192.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.192]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DB2F16D for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtprelay.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by smtpgrave03.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A07C28EF91 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:40:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1472330452.26978.23.camel@perches.com> From: Joe Perches To: Sasha Levin , alexander.levin@verizon.com, Greg KH Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 13:40:52 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: LKML , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: [Ksummit-discuss] checkkpatch (in)sanity ? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 01:26:35PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 12:46:51AM -0400, Levin, Alexander wrote: >>    - Making checkpatch check for (some) of the stable kernel rules >>    (and possibly recommend adding the stable@ tag in certain cases?). >>      - Depends on: making checkpatch sane again.>This sounds interesting.  What do you mean by "sane"? Sasha, can you expand your thoughts here please? Most all of the trivial spacing stuff can easily be ignored either by a human determining what's important or by using command line options like --ignore=spacing