Re: [PATCH 00/13] nvdimm: Use more common kernel coding style

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 16:00 -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:

> Consider the fact that not all kernel developers run checkpatch.pl.
> Is that a deficiency in checkpatch.pl, or the lack of enforcement in
> kernel developers' workflows?

No.  Mostly it's because the kernel is like a bunch of little
untethered development planets, each with a little prince that
wants to keep their own little fiefdom separate from the others.