Re: [PATCH] improve the kernel quality and reduce the amount of BS patches

[Joe Perches]

On Wed, 2022-08-17 at 03:09 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> this idiocy has gone too far    

Al's semi-annual post?

>From 2015:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/bb0fd4fc28b844ac9b63a58c9ffd24a88f7f78cc.1473875340.git.joe@xxxxxxxxxxx/

checkpatch can be a useful tool for patches.

It can be a much more controversial tool when used on files with the
-f option for style and whitespace changes for code that is relatively
stable, obsolete, or for maintained by specific individuals.

o By default, allow checkpatch to be used with the -f|--file option
  for files in drivers/staging/
o Add an undocumented --force command line option to be used together
  with the -f|--file option to scan any file