Re: [PATCH 3/5] checkpatch: add a blacklist

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:41:08 -0700
Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:11 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Right it's a tool .. However, you should use it and you should follow
> > > it. If for some reason you disagree with the tool you have to give at
> > > least an arguable reason why, not just "It's a guide", "I don't like the
> > > coding style." etc..
> > 
> > Those are perfectly good reasons.
> 
> I don't think they are.. Like adding spaces for tabs is ok cause
> checkpatch is a guide right?

Yes.. if it was such a big deal someone would have updated the git commit
tools to fix them as we do to strim off trailing spaces.

They have *zero* impact on performance, maintainability or readability
providing they don't mess up the indentation - and the kernel is full of
them.
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