Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.10

Christian Borntraeger
2007-09-28T10:47:00Z

Am Freitag, 28. September 2007 schrieb Andy Whitcroft:
> > And this is not about any particular false positive. I dont mind an
> > "advanced mode" non-default opt-in option for the script, if someone is
> > interested in borderline or hard to judge warnings too, but these
> > default false positives are _lethal_ for a tool like this. (and i made
> > this point before.) This is a _fundamental_ thing, and i'm still not
> > sure whether you accept and understand that point. This is very basic
> > and very important, and this isnt the first (or second) time i raised
> > this.
>
> You are striving for a level of perfection that is simply not achieveable.

I dont think Ingo is looking for perfection. Its about a different
optimization goals.

Let me put it this way:

checkpatch in advanced mode:
- I want to be able to see as many possible problems (this is the optimization
goal)
- I accept that I get false positives
- not useful for git and mail traffic

checkpatch in safe mode:
- I never want a false positive (different optimization goal!)
- I accept that I will miss several real bugs because several tricky tests are
disabled
- useful for git and mail traffic

Christian