On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 17:32:31 +0000 Bruce Richardson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 08:59:17AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Alternative to the checkpatches.sh shell script that wraps the Linux > > kernel's > > checkpatch.pl with a standalone Python implementation. The new > > dpdk-checkpatch.py script provides equivalent functionality without > > requiring the kernel source tree or Perl. > > > > Performance is significantly improved: checking a recent flow parser > > patch series dropped from 2m23s to 0.43s (approximately 300x faster). > > > Yep, it is definitely a LOT faster. Running on top 10 commits on main tree > with old and new script: > > $ time ./devtools/checkpatches.sh -n10 > > 10/10 valid patches > > real 0m32.570s > user 0m30.517s > sys 0m2.256s > > > $ time ./devtools/dpdk-checkpatch.py -n10 > > 10/10 valid patches > > real 0m0.255s > user 0m0.214s > sys 0m0.040s > > 32.5 seconds down to a quarter of a second is a massive gain. Looking > forward to switching script for checking patches in future! > > /Bruce I still am finding some unintentional differences but it much easier to fix false positives than in old code.
