Re: [PATCH 4/4 v2] silicom: checkpatch: errors caused by macros

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Jun 17 2013 - 22:36:54 EST


On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 14:14 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 02:03:43PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Generally I think it's better that new submitters patches
> > should go through more strict reviews and be as correct
> > as possible. I think this is especially true for patches
> > that are just checkpatch driven.
>
> I totally disagree, sorry.

I'm unsurprised. We have different tastes.

While whitespace only cleanup patches have some use,
for these types of patches, I'm more interested in
educating others what sorts of patches have higher
value.

o defects
o style/readability
o whitespace

As always, ymmv.

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