On 05/07/2012 10:06 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 16:49:16 -0300 > >> Doing so also means we don't create our own rules and impose them on >> others, like happened some time ago >> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/16/473). > > You conveniently forgot to show that Linus said that it's OK for a > subsystem maintainer to request that kind of coding style, it's just > not OK to impose it tree-wide. Actually, checkpatch.pl does validate the rule being discussed here. That could be regarded as imposing it. The SubmittingPatches document states the following: "At a minimum you should check your patches with the patch style checker prior to submission (scripts/checkpatch.pl). You should be able to justify all violations that remain in your patch." Gr. AvS -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
