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* checkpatch "unclean" patches
@ 2011-05-08  7:55 Emil Langrock
  2011-05-08 14:45 ` Andi Kleen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Emil Langrock @ 2011-05-08  7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Andy Whitcroft

Hi,

I wanted to send some patches, but checkpatch always tells me that they arent
clean and that I should fix them... but I am sure that the checkpatch.pl is
wrong.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
#70: FILE: abc.h:70:
+	struct xyz __rcu *bar;
 	                 ^

CHECK: spinlock_t definition without comment
#92: FILE: abc.h:92:
+	spinlock_t foo; /* protects: bar, foobar, barfoo, kaazaa, flupflup, fafafa,

total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 1 checks, 1337 lines checked
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I am quite sure that the spacing should not be "struct xyz __rcu * bar" and
that the thing behind "spinlock_t foo;" is a comment.

Should I fix my patches or should checkpatch.pl be fixed?
-- 
Emil Langrock

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* Re: checkpatch "unclean" patches
  2011-05-08  7:55 checkpatch "unclean" patches Emil Langrock
@ 2011-05-08 14:45 ` Andi Kleen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Andi Kleen @ 2011-05-08 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emil Langrock; +Cc: linux-kernel, Andy Whitcroft

Emil Langrock <emil.langrock@gmx.de> writes:
>
> Should I fix my patches or should checkpatch.pl be fixed?

Since your patches are fine, checkpatch.pl should be fixed of course. I
generally ignore bogus messages.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only

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