On Wed, 2023-11-29 at 15:10 +0100, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 9:45 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 29/11/2023 09:35, Nuno Sá wrote: > > > > world. If we are now going to ask to run smatch, cocci, sparse and so on, we > > > will > > > scare even more developers from the community... I mean, the bots are also in > > > place > > > > This is not related to Linux at all. > > Smatch, main author Dan Carpenter > Coccinelle, main author Julia Lawall > Sparse, main author Linus Torvalds > > To be fair I think these tools has quite a lot to do with Linux, being developed > for the kernel as the primary use case, by Linux kernel contributors. > > > When you develop any C or C++ code, > > you run these tools. Upstream or downstream, does not matter. Why would > > you not use automated, free and easy tools to detect errors in your > > code? It's just a matter of professional approach to your code. > > This I agree with. We just happen to have some especially > talented C developers who write some novel tooling. > > (I think developers should be able to rely on robots to run them though, > we all seem to agree on that.) > > Yours, > Linus Walleij Hi Linus, Since I have your attention, please give a look at the gpio stuff when you have the time for it. On the v1 cover [1], I have there my concerns. I'm really not sure if I'm providing the right interfaces for the device capabilities. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/20231110151905.1659873-1-nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx/ Thanks! - Nuno Sá
