[U-Boot] Policy for checkpatch usage?

[Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>]

Hi Fabi,

> At 10:49 21.04.2011 -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
>>On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 04:29:17PM +0200, Detlev Zundel wrote:
>>> What about the problem with checkpatch errors in current code, i.e. the
>>> origin of this sentence:
>>> 
>>>   Also warnings produced for context lines (i.e. existing code) rather
>>>   than actual changes can also be ignored.
>>
>>How about replacing it with this:
>>
>>    If you encounter warnings for existing code, not modified by your
>>    patch, consider submitting a separate, cosmetic-only patch --
>>    clearly described as such -- that *precedes* your substantive
>>    patch.
>
> Is that even possible? The cosmetic patch itself will be surrounded
> by context lines which may fire up a warning. So these lines need
> to be changed as well to satisy checkpatch. But this new patch
> will again include several context lines... until you have to fix up the
> whole file. Or did I misunderstand?

It may become an iterative process.  Fortunately our source files are
finite, so this process has a fixpoint ;)

Cheers
  Detlev

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