Re: [PATCH v7] scripts: checkpatch: move Rust-specific lints to separate file

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Create scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl for Rust-specific linting logic.
> Add a conditional loading hook in scripts/checkpatch.pl to call it.
> This will allow Rust linting logic to be maintained independently.
>
> Add a new entry to the MAINTAINERS file to track this new file.
>
> Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@xxxxxxxxx>

This is better, and perhaps the maintainers decide to take it on its
own, but what I meant by splitting in 2 patches before was that this
should be a series of 2 patches. The first would be this one, and the
second would add the lint. Otherwise, the first one doesn't really do
much, since there would be no lint yet.

https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#the-canonical-patch-format
explain a bit how patch series work.

In addition, you are still not Cc'ing all the maintainers and
reviewers. Please do so by Cc'ing them -- the addresses are in
`MAINTAINERS` file, and you should look at the "RUST" and "CHECKPATCH"
entries.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel