From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
To: Kloudifold <cloudifold.3125@gmail.com>
Cc: outreachy@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: Problem in "Pick a warning, and try to fix it": Don't have a warning to pick
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 15:59:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZAkhVJfWLk5mcyON@aschofie-mobl2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZAkE4w/T389R2+Er@CloudiRingWorld>
On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 05:57:55AM +0800, Kloudifold wrote:
> Hello, I am Kloudifold, an Outreachy applicant.
>
> I'm reading https://kernelnewbies.org/Outreachyfirstpatch and trying to make my first patch. It says, "Pick a warning, and try to fix it. For your first patch, only pick one warning.", but when I used the command:
>
> > perl scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/*/* | grep "[1-9] warnings" -B 10 -A 2
Hi Kloudifold,
Your script is quitting after operating on the first dir.
There are more WARNINGs and CHECKs
Look up the --strict option to checkpatch to get those CHECKs.
Reminder: don't include drivers/staging/media in your searches.
Alison
>
> I can only find warnings for drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c, a file that is already being submitted to the mailing list, which means I don't have a warning to pick.
> How should I finish my first patch in this case? Should I look for something more difficult than changing the coding style?
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-08 23:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-08 21:57 Problem in "Pick a warning, and try to fix it": Don't have a warning to pick Kloudifold
2023-03-08 23:59 ` Alison Schofield [this message]
2023-03-09 6:29 ` Julia Lawall
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