* Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:17:30 +0200 Thomas Gleixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > can we please add this to checkpatch.pl ? > > > > > -spinlock_t bpci_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; > > > +DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bpci_lock); > > That check is already in checkpatch. Problem is that hardly anyone > runs the thing.
i automatically run it for every patch i submit or push out via git. > I think we're ready to wire checkpatch up to a email robot which > monitors the mailing lists and sends people nastygrams. I bet that'll > be popular ;) heh ;-) It could be automated for patches that are sent out with a Signed-off-by [or a Reviewed-by] line. If you send a SoB patch that is broken, prepare to get a nastygram. (Initially i'd suggest the nastygram to Cc: to a different email list, not lkml.) Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/