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Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl false positive: FSF mailing address
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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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".