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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl false positive: FSF mailing address
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:34:22 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1457638462.3433.21.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160310192818.GA9902@google.com>

On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 11:28 -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:25:55AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 11:15 -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > > checkpatch is stupid, false positives will always exist.
> > I'd almost rather have people understand this.
> Then perhaps I'll also patch this note out:
> 
> NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
>       them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.

Maybe add: "but remember, CHECKPATCH is stupid, you're not".

      reply	other threads:[~2016-03-10 19:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-10 19:00 checkpatch.pl false positive: FSF mailing address Brian Norris
2016-03-10 19:08 ` Joe Perches
2016-03-10 19:15   ` Brian Norris
2016-03-10 19:25     ` Joe Perches
2016-03-10 19:28       ` Brian Norris
2016-03-10 19:34         ` Joe Perches [this message]

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