Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-27 Thread Tom Rini
On 02/26/2014 05:04 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 07:30 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> The only intentional differences we have today are adding debug/printf >> to the list of log functions > > That seems fine and trivial to keep current. Agreed, >> and pointing people at boards.cfg

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-26 Thread Joe Perches
On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 07:30 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > The only intentional differences we have today are adding debug/printf > to the list of log functions That seems fine and trivial to keep current. > and pointing people at boards.cfg not > CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS, That seems wrong. The idea

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-25 Thread Tom Rini
On 02/25/2014 12:23 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:43 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> My perl is quite limited, so however much effort you're interested in >> putting in here is greatly appreciated (even if it's pointing out >> something else already in the script to copy and modify).

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-25 Thread Heiko Carstens
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 05:04:57PM -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > On 02/24/2014 05:02 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:52 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > >> I've been lead to > >> believe that most cases now people should be using regmap instead, which > >> just leaves the case of having to m

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Joe Perches
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:43 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > My perl is quite limited, so however much effort you're interested in > putting in here is greatly appreciated (even if it's pointing out > something else already in the script to copy and modify). We already > ship a .checkpatch.conf so having

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Rini
On 02/24/2014 05:31 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:20 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> On 02/24/2014 05:08 PM, Joe Perches wrote: >>> On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:04 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: I've got this modified to a CHK and only for non-file usage. Anything else we want to talk

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Joe Perches
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:20 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > On 02/24/2014 05:08 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:04 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > >> I've got this modified to a CHK and only for non-file usage. Anything > >> else we want to talk about before I repost? > > > > Probably not,

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Rini
On 02/24/2014 05:08 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:04 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> I've got this modified to a CHK and only for non-file usage. Anything >> else we want to talk about before I repost? > > Probably not, but I'm still not convinced it's useful. > > Have you found a

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Joe Perches
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:04 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > I've got this modified to a CHK and only for non-file usage. Anything > else we want to talk about before I repost? Probably not, but I'm still not convinced it's useful. Have you found a case where it's currently specified but not useful? --

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Rini
On 02/24/2014 05:02 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:52 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> I've been lead to >> believe that most cases now people should be using regmap instead, which >> just leaves the case of having to match on-disk formats or similar cases >> I believe as the things tha

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Joe Perches
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:52 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > I've been lead to > believe that most cases now people should be using regmap instead, which > just leaves the case of having to match on-disk formats or similar cases > I believe as the things that must stay __packed. __packed is also necessary

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Rini
On 02/24/2014 04:28 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:11 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> On 02/24/2014 04:00 PM, Joe Perches wrote: >>> On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 15:38 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: While there are valid reasons to use __packed, often the answer is that you should be doing

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread josh
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 03:38:16PM -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > While there are valid reasons to use __packed, often the answer is that > you should be doing something else here instead. > > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Joe Perches > Cc: Josh Triplett > Signed-off-by: Tom Rini > --- > scripts/checkpat

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Joe Perches
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 16:11 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > On 02/24/2014 04:00 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 15:38 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > >> While there are valid reasons to use __packed, often the answer is that > >> you should be doing something else here instead. [] > > How often

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Rini
On 02/24/2014 04:00 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 15:38 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: >> While there are valid reasons to use __packed, often the answer is that >> you should be doing something else here instead. > [] >> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > [] >> @

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Joe Perches
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 15:38 -0500, Tom Rini wrote: > While there are valid reasons to use __packed, often the answer is that > you should be doing something else here instead. [] > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl [] > @@ -4010,6 +4010,11 @@ sub process { >

[PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Rini
While there are valid reasons to use __packed, often the answer is that you should be doing something else here instead. Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Joe Perches Cc: Josh Triplett Signed-off-by: Tom Rini --- scripts/checkpatch.pl |5 + 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/ch