Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:18:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
To: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
        Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>,
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        linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
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        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Subject: Re: checkpatch: See if modified files are marked obsolete in
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Use get_maintainer to check the status of individual files.
> > If "obsolete", suggest leaving the files alone.
>
> Will another software system like the "kbuild test robot"
> need any more fine-tuning for this change?

It only works on files in which there have been commits, thus by
definition not obsolete.

julia


>
> Regards,
> Markus
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