Re: [PATCH v2] btrfs: reject root items with drop_progress and zero drop_level

[ZhengYuan Huang]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM Qu Wenruo <wqu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > My understanding had been that patches should generally be sent only
> > after passing
> > checkpatch.pl cleanly,
>
> No, that is only a script which has its limits.
> Checkpatch is good for its code style checks, but not always correct on
> other suggestions.
>
> Sometimes even its code style checks may conflict with the rules inside
> each subsystem.

Thanks for the clarification.

Understood, that makes sense. I had been treating checkpatch.pl
warnings too strictly. I'll follow the documented guidelines and
subsystem expectations instead.

Thanks again,
ZhengYuan Huang