Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759046Ab3IBWIR (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 18:08:17 -0400 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:47737 "EHLO relay4-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752221Ab3IBWIQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 18:08:16 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 50.43.39.152 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 15:08:05 -0700 From: Josh Triplett To: David Howells Cc: Joe Perches , Andy Whitcroft , ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [PATCH] checkpatch: Add comment about updating Documentation/CodingStyle Message-ID: <20130902220800.GA934@leaf> References: <20130902195056.GB32628@leaf> <9976.1378132260@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1378138205.1953.66.camel@joe-AO722> <20130902181510.GA29787@leaf> <20130902181856.GB29787@leaf> <20130902153945.6d7e510c@samsung.com> <1378148367.1953.98.camel@joe-AO722> <13834.1378155023@warthog.procyon.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <13834.1378155023@warthog.procyon.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1096 Lines: 25 On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 09:50:23PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > Josh Triplett wrote: > > > > There are many checkpatch rules (like semicolons) that > > > are not in CodingStyle. > > > > It's a rule of thumb, not a mandate. In *general*, checkpatch.pl should > > not be enforcing style rules that aren't documented in CodingStyle. > > Except that it becomes a mandate when someone runs it automatically against > every one of your patches and then sends you an email for each patch it finds > a checkpatch niggle against... I think we're talking about two different things. I wasn't talking about checkpatch.pl itself; I was talking about the idea that every style rule in checkpatch.pl should corresponding documentation in CodingStyle. That's what I was calling a rule of thumb rather than a mandate. - Josh triplett -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/