Re: "CodingStyle: Clarify and complete chapter 7" in docs-next (was Re: [PATCH 03/47] block-rbd: Adjust the position of a jump label in rbd_header_from_disk())

[Julia Lawall]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 01:11 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > IMO what we need is to go through all rules in CodingStyle and if for
> > some rule there is no overwhelming majority in the core kernel, well,
> > the list has grown way too large and could use massive trimming.
>
> I'm in complete agreement.
>
> I also think that checkpatch's ERROR/WARNING/CHECK message naming is
> far too severe and injunctive and could use a renaming to something
> more silly, bug related and less commanding like FLEAS/GNATS/NITS.

I think it is better to be clear.  CHECK was never really clear to me,
especially if you see it in isolation, on a file that doesn't also have
ERROR or WARNING.  NITS is a common word in this context, but not FLEAS
and GNATS, as far as I know.

There could also be a severity level: high medium and low.

julia

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