Re: [PATCH 08/12] printk: Replace strncmp with str_has_prefix

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:19:04 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I find that checkpatch.pl forbids assignment in if condition.
> > So this seems to be infeasible...  
> 
> checkpatch is a stupid script and doesn't forbid
> anything.  It's just a suggestion guide.
> 
> Ignore checkpatch when you know better.

And this is coming from the checkpatch.pl maintainer ;-)

-- Steve