From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] checkpatch compliance
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:03:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201110122103.38356.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANr=Z=bmm64Qxv+Zpc=GShY7c2KapAgh9xm-cq79TM1oQ76V5A@mail.gmail.com>
On Wednesday 12 October 2011 20:56:09 Joe Hershberger wrote:
> WARNING:CONSIDER_KSTRTO: consider using kstrto* in preference to
> simple_strtoul This one seems pretty clear and has been discussed before.
i think we were going to add a .checkpatch.conf to the top level where we
could add all the ignored tests
> WARNING:NEW_TYPEDEFS: do not add new typedefs
> This seems rather limiting... I'm not sure why even Linux would want
> this, at least when it applies to typedefs of structs. It makes sense
> if it's a new typedef for int or something.
Linux has been discouraging new struct typedefs. but it is too broad and
catches typedefs that we want (like posix_types.h).
> WARNING:VOLATILE: Use of volatile is usually wrong: see
> Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt
> Sometimes using volatile is correct... not sure how this fits in with
> a policy of 0 errors and 0 warnings... Should it be ignored or not?
"it depends". we'll have to see the specific instance.
-mike
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-13 1:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-07 22:28 [U-Boot] checkpatch compliance Joe Hershberger
2011-10-09 19:22 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-12 1:41 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] tools: checkpatch.pl from Linux added to tools Joe Hershberger
2011-10-13 2:54 ` Xiangfu Liu
2011-10-13 3:27 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-13 17:25 ` Joe Hershberger
2011-10-13 18:20 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-13 18:30 ` Joe Hershberger
2011-10-13 19:01 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-18 20:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] " Joe Hershberger
2011-10-19 18:28 ` Joe Hershberger
2011-11-17 13:28 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-12 1:42 ` [U-Boot] checkpatch compliance Joe Hershberger
2011-10-12 3:59 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-12 7:36 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-12 17:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-12 18:41 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-12 19:24 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-13 23:03 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] common: cosmetic: CONFIG_ROOTPATH " Joe Hershberger
2011-10-13 22:34 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-21 23:21 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-13 23:03 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] common: cosmetic: CONFIG_BOOTFILE " Joe Hershberger
2011-10-13 22:34 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-13 22:41 ` Joe Hershberger
2011-10-21 23:21 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-13 0:56 ` [U-Boot] " Joe Hershberger
2011-10-13 1:03 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2011-10-13 17:14 ` Joe Hershberger
2011-10-13 18:19 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-13 20:36 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-17 20:10 ` Gerlando Falauto
2011-11-17 20:54 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-11-18 7:25 ` Gerlando Falauto
2011-11-17 21:33 ` Mike Frysinger
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