Re: [PATCH] docs: submit-checklist: structure by category

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Feb 27 2024 - 03:58:01 EST


Hi Randy,

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 1:41 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > - Concerning checking with tools, checkpatch probably still makes sense;
> > it pointed out in several places. If sparse and checkstack are really
> > the next two tools to point out, I am not so sure about.
>
> I doubt that ckeckstack is important since gcc & clang warn us about
> stack usage.

True, but that would leave you without a tool to get figures when
there is no excess stack usage detected by the compiler.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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