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=-4.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 F020FC433DF for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 20:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA6B520786 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 20:44:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1595882654; bh=t9ljCa86mAmXcEfUhWxtO7BrRHTALZYL65NXwXBbzps=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=sg+c1xt8A/owMbxZcUCCwYKPpU2P2TdHY5lwc7axXzIHf2N0afmENyfHuMQSTd/f+ srDj8IV4RD1XRz0ej8grn5lCD0ihq+wTpZOxL7V/OXNhEd9JJTcxT1NH1LZV/cuK8d TnZGsNuDJ/9ocHo58cCDB6s6n0VPUvVX41e0Q1QA= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727008AbgG0UoN (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:44:13 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:59188 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726956AbgG0UoN (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:44:13 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (c-73-231-172-41.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [73.231.172.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0B3AC20759; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 20:44:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1595882652; bh=t9ljCa86mAmXcEfUhWxtO7BrRHTALZYL65NXwXBbzps=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=lva86vM0yR+ykzetM6P2yNWHIEIBUmbLKR+cYnkTCBElg/iIhC9AZDEfvpB5QRPEY Bs1WSopwxfn+NQvSt2u6dFkQwfLAHXx5wnXde4hNxXGa+oX6AniyLoSNM+kN9mGzo9 TOyc/yiOesNznDiHJk2rD8Y8dVWI+x3e5zGpl9vE= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:44:11 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: SeongJae Park Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Micha=C5=82_Miros=C5=82aw?= , SeongJae Park , Joe Perches , , , , , , SeongJae Park Subject: Re: checkpatch: support deprecated terms checking Message-Id: <20200727134411.73461df2fe73f8f96d93f75e@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20200727065441.27164-1-sjpark@amazon.com> References: <20200726203328.GA8321@qmqm.qmqm.pl> <20200727065441.27164-1-sjpark@amazon.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:54:41 +0200 SeongJae Park wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, the inexperienced _do_ in fact run > > > > checkpatch on files and submit inappropriate patches. I don't think I really agree with the "new code only" guideline (where did this come from, anyway?). 10 years from now any remaining pre-2020 terms will look exceedingly archaic and will get converted at some point. Wouldn't be longterm realistic to just bite the bullet now and add these conversions to the various todo lists?