Re: [merged mm-nonmm-stable] checkpatch-add-warning-for-pr_-and-dev_-macros-without-a-trailing-newline.patch removed from -mm tree

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On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:12:06 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, 2025-03-16 at 23:09 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:51:53 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > > One false warning that will be generated due to this change is in case we
> > > > have a patch that modifies a `pr_* call without a newline` which has a
> > > > pr_cont with a newline following it.  In this case there will be a warning
> > > > but because the patch does not include the following pr_cont it will warn
> > > > there is nothing creating a newline.  I have modified the warning to be
> > > > softer due to this known problem.
> > > 
> > > I think this patch is a merely a conversion of one defect for another
> > > and it's quite compilcated code too.
> > 
> > Well darn, it would have been nice to receive this review during the
> > review!
> > 
> > Should I drop the patch?
> 
> I don't think it's particularly valuable or useful. 

OK, thanks, I dropped the patch.




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