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From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	Charles Manning <manningc2@actrix.gen.nz>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: How do I add yaffs file system to mainline?
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:31:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CC9C171.80705@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1288290559.1836.23.camel@Joe-Laptop>

On 10/28/10 11:29, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 11:08 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 06:55:39AM +1300, Charles Manning wrote:
>>> I know there is a style guide etc, but when we're talking about processing 15k 
>>> loc then some of those rules might be slightly bendable.
>>
>> Not really.
>>
>> Have you run it through sparse and scripts/checkpatch.pl?  If not,
>> please do so and resolve all of the issues that they bring up.
> 
> I wouldn't do that.  Checkpatch is useful but frequently wrong.
> By all means do use checkpatch, but please use your own taste to
> determine what you think needs fixing.


Absolutely.

-- 
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-28 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-28 15:55 How do I add yaffs file system to mainline? Charles Manning
2010-10-28 17:26 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-10-28 17:41   ` Charles Manning
2010-10-28 17:49     ` Greg KH
2010-10-28 18:15       ` David Daney
2010-10-28 18:23         ` Greg KH
2010-10-28 17:44   ` Greg KH
2010-10-28 17:55     ` Charles Manning
2010-10-28 18:08       ` Greg KH
2010-10-28 18:29         ` Joe Perches
2010-10-28 18:31           ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2010-10-28 18:38         ` Charles Manning
2010-10-28 18:40           ` Randy Dunlap
2010-10-29 19:16             ` James Cloos
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-10-28  0:08 Charles Manning
2010-10-28 17:58 ` Corey Ashford

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