On Sat, 2017-12-09 at 09:36 +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > 1. Using lockdep_set_novalidate_class() for anything other > than device->mutex will throw checkpatch warnings. Nice. (*) [] > (*) checkpatch.pl is considered mostly harmful round here, too, > but that's another rant....
How so? > (**) the frequent occurrence of "core code/devs aren't held to the > same rules/standard as everyone else" is another rant I have stored > up for a rainy day. Yeah. I wouldn't mind reading that one... Rainy season is starting right about now here too.
