[rds-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] Support for generalized use of make C={1, 2} via a wrapper program

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2017-12-18 at 14:05 +0100, Knut Omang wrote:
> > Here is a list of the checkpatch messages for drivers/infiniband
> > sorted by type.
> > 
> > Many of these might be corrected by using
> > 
> > $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --fix-inplace --types=<TYPE> \
> >   $(git ls-files drivers/infiniband/)
> 
> Yes, and I already did that work piece by piece for individual types,
> just to test the runchecks tool, and want to post that set once the 
> runchecks script and Makefile changes itself are in,

I think those are independent of any runcheck tool changes and
could be posted now.  In general, don't keep patches in a local
tree waiting on some other unrelated patch.

Just fyi:

There is a script that helps automate checkpatch "by-type" conversions
with compilation, .o difference checking, and git commit editing.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lkml.org_lkml_2014_7_11_794&d=DwICAw&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=B4XfHLZoQjxmOkoH011Paddn0sny__aLx9Okab1TW7U&m=Nwan5JJiAFT-IDSG3fZbWxyk9VaeK6WQZ6psxHf4F4k&s=C9FOauxrCeyjwT9lgvNmlX6Q2AWDETcBvNE4sNT3HdM&e=