[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2] checkpatch.pl: seed camelcase from the provided kernel tree root

Joe Perches joe at perches.com
Thu Sep 1 03:26:51 UTC 2016


On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 20:17 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:

> I thought you got $0.02 for every checkpatch.pl warning and $0.05 for every
> error found? :-)

Well, it's nice to know some credits are accruing in
some virtual bank.  Unfortunate for me that it's like
the Hotel California Bank though.

> > I don't look at scripts with checkpatch.
> > I think it's really only useful for .[ch] files.
> So should a modification be made to anything in scripts/* for when
> checkpatch.pl is run?  I know that there are *special* rules for
> drivers/net/*, so it should be easy to apply whatever checks are pertinent
> for scripts/*?

I think scripts should rely a little on the skill
and intelligence of the user.

I have a hammer so let's go fishing, etc...

cheers,  Joe


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