From: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
To: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] Linux kernel checkpatch.pl mentorship
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:17:52 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2009140716420.7737@felia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABJPP5BaUss9pWq=e+UDmVvr-puJsBtSVppST+CTcB8JkEdLmQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 14 Sep 2020, Dwaipayan Ray wrote:
>
>
> > You should also try to find a case where checkpatch.pl can be improved:
> >
> > - It is best if you look at the checkpatch.pl error/warning reports and
> > check if you can find a class of typical false positives in the reported
> > data. Then, think about how to make the pattern in checkpatch and propose
> > a patch to checkpatch.pl on this mailing list; with the evaluation data
> > backing that your patch really improves the situation. We will then test
> > and check your patch as well.
> >
> > - If you really cannot find a typical false positive, maybe you can take
> > the task from Ayush to fix checkpatch with git ranges?
> >
> Hi,I will try to find and evaluate the possiblity of such a case, and report my finding
> as soon as I find something substantial.
>
> I may also require some advice from you on the patch submission process.
>
That is what a mentor is there for, but try hard to understand the
warnings yourself first. This is a mentorship, not a tutorial.
Lukas
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2020-09-12 9:09 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] Linux kernel checkpatch.pl mentorship Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-12 11:03 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-12 12:08 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-12 12:21 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-13 8:16 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-13 11:05 ` Lukas Bulwahn
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2020-09-13 18:23 ` Dwaipayan Ray
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2020-09-13 18:39 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-14 5:17 ` Lukas Bulwahn [this message]
2020-09-14 12:31 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-14 13:49 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-14 15:39 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-14 18:32 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-15 13:04 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-16 7:01 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-17 13:09 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-17 13:41 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-17 14:18 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-17 14:43 ` Dwaipayan Ray
2020-09-17 15:03 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-17 14:13 ` Lukas Bulwahn
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