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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:57:35 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submit-checklist: structure by category
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Hi Randy,

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 1:41=E2=80=AFAM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org=
> wrote:
> >   - Concerning checking with tools, checkpatch probably still makes sen=
se;
> >     it pointed out in several places. If sparse and checkstack are real=
ly
> >     the next two tools to point out, I am not so sure about.
>
> I doubt that ckeckstack is important since gcc & clang warn us about
> stack usage.

True, but that would leave you without a tool to get figures when
there is no excess stack usage detected by the compiler.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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