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Sun, 13 Sep 2020 22:17:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Lukas Bulwahn X-Google-Original-From: Lukas Bulwahn Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:17:52 +0200 (CEST) X-X-Sender: lukas@felia To: Dwaipayan Ray In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323329-1371501500-1600060673=:7737" Cc: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] Linux kernel checkpatch.pl mentorship 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: , Errors-To: linux-kernel-mentees-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Sender: "Linux-kernel-mentees" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-1371501500-1600060673=:7737 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT 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 findingĀ  > 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 --8323329-1371501500-1600060673=:7737 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Linux-kernel-mentees mailing list Linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-kernel-mentees --8323329-1371501500-1600060673=:7737--