Re: [PATCH] kernel/module.c has something to hide. (whitespace cleanup)

[Tom Duffy <tduffy@sun.com>]

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On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 17:29 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> wrote:
> >
> > I'll need time to do this - no matter how you cut it there are a lot of 
> >  files, and a lot of lines - so don't expect the patch bombing to start for 
> >  the next few weeks.
> >  And before I embark on this venture I'd like some feedback that when I do 
> >  turn up with patches they'll have a resonable chance of getting merged - 
> >  this is going to be a lot of boring work, and with no commitment to merge 
> >  anything it's not something I want to waste days on...  Sounds fair?

Solaris build makes sure files passes a "lint" test during the build and
nothing can be checked in until such a test can pass.

Would it make sense to add such a test during kernel compile for Linux?
Something that could be turned off if somebody needed really fast
builds.  This would check for things like whitespace violations and
other things that violate CodingStyle.

People tend to fix things quick if they break the build.

-tduffy

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