Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add a warning for log messages that don't end in a new line

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2017-11-27 at 10:44 -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> On 27/11/17 10:42 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > No double stardard.  One correctly informs that a bare
> > printk is not acceptable.
> 
> The other correctly informs that a printk that isn't followed by a 
> pr_cont or KERN_CONT is not correct.

It may or not be correct.

Without inter-function call code flow analysis,
it's not possible to be correct.

If you can get the false positive & false negative
rate higher, I'll listen.

I think the Coccinelle script has a better chance
to be more correct.

cheers, Joe