Re: [PATCH 1/2] RISC-V: fix ordering of Zbb extension

[Andrew Jones]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 09:03:50AM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 09:25:20AM +0100, Andrew Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 11:20:10PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > Hey Heiko,
> > > 
> > > On 8 February 2023 22:53:27 GMT, Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >From: Heiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@xxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > >As Andrew reported,
> > > >    Zb* comes after Zi* according 27.11 "Subset Naming Convention"
> > > >so fix the ordering accordingly.
> > > >
> > > >Reported-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@xxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > The whole "getting it wrong immediately after fixing it up" ;)
> > 
> > Hi Conor,
> > 
> > Do you know any patchwork savvy people that could whip up a check
> > for this array? :-)
> 
> Maybe that is more of a checkpatch type thing?

I think this is too specific for general checkpatch. I once proposed on
the KVM mailing list that checkpatch should gain support for plugins,
allowing specific directories to provide a .checkpatch script, or
whatever, where it puts its own checks. I never followed-up by actually
proposing that to checkpatch maintainers though.

> 
> Either way, I'll put it on the todo list I suppose!

In the absence of checkpatch plugins, I think subsystem-specific
patch management tools, like patchwork, are the next best place
to put specific checks. But, I agree it's a bit late. It'd be better
if the developers could run the checks themselves before posting.

Thanks,
drew