Re: [PATCH] mm: fixed whitespace style errors in failslab.c

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Mon Apr 27 2015 - 03:44:21 EST


On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Derek Robson <robsonde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch fixes a white space issue found with checkpatch.pl in failslab.c
> ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
>
> Added a tab to replace the spaces to meet the preferred style.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derek Robson <robsonde@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/failslab.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Running checkpatch.pl against in-tree files is not really useful.
Especially if you "fix" only whitespace stuff.
Most maintainers agree that it is not worth the maintenance overhead
and the git history pollution.

Please stick to drivers/staging/ or fix real issues. :-)

--
Thanks,
//richard
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