On Tue, 2017-04-25 at 16:18 +0000, Luck, Tony wrote: > > > If we are going to have all these copies of kernel files below > > > "tools/...", perhaps checkpatch could warn people touching one > > > that the other needs the same update? > > > > How would checkpatch know tools hasn't already updated the other? > > If checkpatch had a list of all the tools copies, it could warn if a patch > touched a file without touching the copy.
I rather doubt these files are modified simultaneously. A quick and no doubt incomplete git log -- "tools/*/kernel.h" seems to show little simultaneity. > Not completely ideal because people might update the two files in > separate patches in a series (in which case they would see warnings > from both patches). > > Also means that checkpatch needs the list of copied files ... not sure > how often that changes. Nor I. Anyway, feel free to propose an actual patch.
