From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D84EC433E1 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from silver.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [140.211.166.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 209E322CF8 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=disroot.org header.i=@disroot.org header.b="bco/78fI" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 209E322CF8 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=disroot.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-mentees-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by silver.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E04D7204D1; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from silver.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TVTdbrcj-jAa; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.linuxfoundation.org (lf-lists.osuosl.org [140.211.9.56]) by silver.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0208D20398; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lf-lists.osuosl.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0078C088B; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6A80C0051 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5A9686C22 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DNyLmJLscZXo for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from knopi.disroot.org (knopi.disroot.org [178.21.23.139]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F04186BA9 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7915299A; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:18:13 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at disroot.org Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (disroot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with UTF8SMTP id 5Ntkex4fzIXQ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:18:11 +0200 (CEST) Mime-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1598026690; bh=8yNSk+lcEP7lIyCPZYLfT+/na4Cj+K248MUsBPujNKo=; h=Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References; b=bco/78fIYak+QWqDmf29+zbmEJx+a7kRmPvXEnE2b4A86NrmUSGLLb+Yvp7LwHsty K/6VU0y3/ssNljIskkejuwsLfPYb3Ay/UWIy2XOqQt/SNS4XFBAvf9qp2nUT/3C3tQ riUnUXpf/HNCS5Ool/w3Wr7TO6+8hZgiiGQzADltmQguYz3BAqVq2R8qTHlZpraV3i MG5k1zUEma3ZFXNFdVWcQpxqyvJ6j04vy8ZyLob7RWmvdS6paXq/HyZotJVIuziAeD kL82noVp4+M0+Qhe0weIuZ40+TSl8TJZpZgXi0aYFNXOMW59CaKDWPKl87We4Nq+84 LXtruOp3fqsjg== Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:18:10 +0000 From: "Ayush" Message-ID: <4f5612540c184970157a98d103d7cd04@disroot.org> To: "Lukas Bulwahn" In-Reply-To: References: <20200810125354.xeijyh3v5upatrez@salamander> Cc: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] Regarding "Linux Kernel: Evaluate and Improve checkpatch.pl" X-BeenThere: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: linux-kernel-mentees-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Sender: "Linux-kernel-mentees" August 17, 2020 3:13 PM, "Lukas Bulwahn" wrote: > Dear Ayush, > > The zeroth task is to learn suitable netiquette for the communication with > the kernel community. > > First, please do not top-post. > > A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. > Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text? > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: The lost context. > Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted? > > A: Yes. > Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm > replying? > > Second, please always CC: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org. > > Third, set up your email client according to the kernel community rules. > > Then, the first task is to run checkpatch.pl on a few kernel patches and > collect the results. When you have that, please share your script with > me, e.g., in a github repository. > > Hints to the first task: > > Can you create a list of all non-merge commits that were added in the > version v5.8 of the kernel, i.e., all non-merge commits that are in v5.8 > and not already in v5.7? > > Can you share the script/command you executed and the resulting list on > github? > > Can you run your script on all commits of this list above and record > all checkpatch.pl reports, and store them in your github repository? > > Can you suggest ideas how to aggregate the findings and create a > statistics? For example: Which type of error is reported most? > Can you implement that idea? > > I also suggest to have a look at > the options ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --list-types and > ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --show-types. The option --show-types changes > the output of checkpatch.pl to list type identifiers, so it is easier > to parse and aggregate the output. > > Please also share the script you create for that purpose on your > github repository. > > The second task is to pick one warning that appears often and improve > checkpatch.pl to handle that better and get it accepted by the kernel > community. > > Hints to the second task follow when the first task is solved. > > If you fail on any of those tasks, you are out of the selection process. > > Lukas Sir, I have attempted the task 1 and pushed the same to GitHub. Please have a look and suggest improvements. https://github.com/eldraco19/evalute_improve_checkpatch_pl Please let me know if there are any issues with this. Thanks, Ayush Karn _______________________________________________ Linux-kernel-mentees mailing list Linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-kernel-mentees