Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd:checkpatch:fix pointer declaration

[RAGHU H <raghuhack78@gmail.com>]

Bart,

I'm starter in kernel contribution & I guess cleanup of certain files
which have more than 50+ checkpatch errors is good start.

Also one of the patch was accepted by Jens Axboe & he responded back to
resend one of the patch which was not getting applied.

But I get your point ,I'll restrict my checkpatch fixes to drivers/staging files

Thanks Joe for followup.

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:43:11AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 18:06 +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 21:28 +0530, RAGHU Halharvi wrote:
> > > * Fix all pointer declaration which causes
> > >    "ERROR: "foo* bar" should be "foo *bar""
> > 
> > Hello Raghu,
> > 
> > If you would not be aware of this, checkpatch is a tool that is intended to
> > verify patches before submission and not to verify code that is already
> > upstream. A detailed explanation of why patches like this one should not be
> > submitted is available in "A quick guide to why stand-alone checkpatch
> > patches suck"
> > (https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2014-September/012296.html).
> 
> Read more of the whole thread.
> Varying opinions exist.
>