Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760672AbZD0Ur5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:47:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755435AbZD0Urr (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:47:47 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:34624 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755073AbZD0Urq (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:47:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:46:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: how to properly post/disseminate kernel cleanup/janitorial possibilities? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2342 Lines: 54 since i, on an occasional basis, run a set of scanning scripts i wrote and promptly annoy the crap out of everyone with the results, i'm open to the proper way to do this scanning and get the results out there to people who might be interested while not bugging those folks who aren't. a while back, a few people suggested a wiki page, while others disagreed, suggesting that no one will follow a link to a wiki page and will only read what's directly on the list. grapple, grapple. in the end (as i'm sure you're aware by now), i post the results here: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Kernel_cleanup i'm convinced that there's value in the links i've promoted lately -- scanning Kconfig files for unused or "bad" CONFIG variables, not just to clean historical cruft out of those files but because, on occasion, the scanning really does track down typoes and errors. not quite so critical is a "style" script i wrote, which looks for places to simplify code by using some of the macros/functions defined in include/linux/kernel.h. i ran that script again earlier today, and posted only *some* of the results here: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/The_style_script long story short, i have a *pile* of scripts and sub-scripts i'm happy to run and post the results of since it takes practically zero time on my part, i'm just open to what folks think is the most productive way to do that, and also for any other scanning i can add since, by now, any other patterns to scan for would just represent adding a line or two to a script. thoughts? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- 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/