From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>,
Samuel Ortiz <samuel@sortiz.org>, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories as "Obsolete"
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:38:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180109193819.GA22528@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1515526436.9619.112.camel@perches.com>
On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 11:33:56AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Several staging directories have TODO files that indicate a
> subsystem will be removed in the future.
>
> Using a status entry of "S: Obsolete" helps indicate the
> subsystem files should not be modified unnecessarily.
>
> checkpatch also tests this setting and emits a warning that
> the matching subsystem files should not be modified.
>
> This might help avoid receiving patches that will be dropped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Ah nice, I didn't know about this, I'll go queue this up, thanks.
greg k-h
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2018-01-09 19:33 [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories as "Obsolete" Joe Perches
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