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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Tracey Dent <tdent48227@gmail.com>,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] Fs: ext4: namei: fixed file of checkpatch/pl warnings and errors
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:17:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m38w2o48n3.fsf@intrepid.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100926182338.GM19690@thunk.org> (Ted Ts'o's message of "Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:23:38 -0400")

Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes:

> I'm beginning to think we need to have an entry in the kernel newbie's
> FAQ warning people that the output of various scripts such as
> checkpatch and get_maintainer are not authoratative, and are
> hueristics intended to be supplemented by human intelligence.

Definitely.

Current situation creates some false impressions, leaving the newcomers
confused (at best). Net effect = loss.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-09-26 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-25 18:31 [PATCH 01/10] Fs: ext4: acl.c: fixed indent issue Tracey Dent
2010-09-25 18:31 ` [PATCH 02/10] Fs: ext4: acl.h: whitespace cleanup Tracey Dent
2010-09-26  6:11   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2010-09-25 18:31 ` [PATCH 03/10] Fs: ext: balloc: fixed a few issues that checkpatch.pl was having Tracey Dent
2010-09-25 18:31 ` [PATCH 04/10] Fs: ext4: block_validity: added space around = sign Tracey Dent
2010-09-25 18:31 ` [PATCH 05/10] Fs: ext4: ext4: cleaned up the file with checkpatch.pl Tracey Dent
2010-09-26  6:23   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2010-09-25 18:31 ` [PATCH 06/10] Fs: ext4: extents: whitespace cleanup Tracey Dent
2010-09-25 18:31 ` [PATCH 07/10] Fs: ext4: file: fixed indent problem Tracey Dent
2010-09-25 18:31 ` [PATCH 08/10] Fs: ext4: ioctl: fixed spacing issue Tracey Dent
2010-09-25 18:32 ` [PATCH 09/10] Fs: ext4: mballoc.c: whitespace cleanup Tracey Dent
2010-09-25 18:32 ` [PATCH 10/10] Fs: ext4: namei: fixed file of checkpatch/pl warnings and errors Tracey Dent
2010-09-26  6:36   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2010-09-26 18:23     ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26 18:35       ` Davidlohr Bueso
2010-09-26 19:17       ` Krzysztof Halasa [this message]
2010-09-25 23:36 ` [PATCH 01/10] Fs: ext4: acl.c: fixed indent issue Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-25 23:53   ` T Dent
2010-09-25 23:56     ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-26  0:01       ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26  0:09         ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26  0:32           ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26  0:36             ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26  0:50             ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26  0:58               ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26  1:04               ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26  1:32                 ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26  1:53                   ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26  2:03                     ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26  2:10                       ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26  2:21                         ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-26  2:45                           ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26  2:29                         ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26  0:06       ` Joe Perches
2010-09-26 20:06         ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-26 22:17           ` Joe Perches
2010-09-25 23:54 ` Ted Ts'o
2010-09-27 13:52   ` Eric Sandeen

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