Re: [PATCH] Remove errors caught by checkpatch.pl in kernel/kallsyms.c

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:

> On 2/15/2009 7:47 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:04:36AM +0530, Manish Katiyar wrote:
> >> Hi Ingo,
> >> 
> >> I used your code-quality script to do cleanup in kernel/kallsyms.c.
> >> Below patch removes errors generated by checkpatch.pl.
> > When doing so use checkpatch only as a hint generator and do
> > not concentrate only on the warnings/errors generated by checkpatch.
> > 
> > Your patch is an improvement but please fix the remaining issues.
> 
> Furthermore, the changelog is bad (non-exiting in fact).
> 
> The fact that the issues where discovered using checkpatch is absolutely
> uninteresting.  The changelog should describe /what/ is fixed, e.g.
> whitespace, maybe other things.  (In case of nontrivial changes the log
> may also need to explain not only the /what but also the /how/, but this
> does not apply to patches like this one.)

The commit log definitely needs enhancements but it's not uninteresting 
at all what tools were used to arrive to a change. It shouldnt be in the 
title, but can be mentioned in the changelog itself. (and should be 
mentioned if the cleanup ever gets as far as the mainline kernel - if a 
good and acceptable commit results out of a tool's usage then that tool 
needs to be advertised some more.)

Nevertheless i think that these cleanups need to go a bit wider than 
just the issues pointed, as i described it in the related 
kernel/signal.c thread.

	Ingo