On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 11:14 +0100, Knut Omang wrote: > Add scripts/runchecks which has generic support for running > checker tools in a convenient and user friendly way that > the author hopes can contribute to rein in issues detected > by these tools in a manageable and convenient way. > > scripts/runchecks provides the following basic functionality: > > * Makes it possible to selectively suppress output from individual > checks on a per file or per subsystem basis. > * Unifies output and suppression input from different tools > by providing a single unified syntax and presentation for the > underlying tools in the style of "scripts/checkpatch.pl --show-types". > * Allows selective run of one, or more (or all) configured tools > for each file. > > In the Makefile system, the sparse specific setup has been replaced > by setup for runchecks. Hi all, - Anything more I can/need to do to bring this forward? - Any quiet concerns? I realize it is a subsystem crossing change, and a lot going on elsewhere, nevertheless I believe this is a time saver in the slightly longer run, as it allows automation of checking, even without a "perfect" code base to begin with. Thanks, Knut -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
