Re: [PATCH 3/3] checkpatch: suggest including testing evidence

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 12:24:34PM -0400, Ignacio Peña wrote:
> For non-trivial changes, it's valuable to know how the change was
> tested. Add a gentle suggestion when commit messages don't mention
> any testing, verification, or validation.
> 
> This is a CHECK level notification, not a WARNING, as testing methods
> vary greatly depending on the subsystem and type of change.
> 
> The check is skipped for very short commit messages (documentation
> fixes, typos) where testing information would be excessive.

This will cause people to write short commit messages in order to avoid
this type of warning.

I don't think this is a necessary check at all, I can't remember the
last time any patch I wrote would pass this check :)

thanks,

greg k-h