A quick guide to why stand-alone checkpatch patches suck...

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 08:25:51PM -0400, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
> In general, stand-alone patches to "fix" checkpatch whining are a Bad Idea(TM).

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And here's why checkpatch patches are a "Good Idea(TM)":
  - it teaches you how to set up your email client properly
  - it teaches you how to describe a patch properly
  - it teaches you how to submit a patch properly
  - it gives you a good feedback loop
  - it is an "easy" place to start.

But, and this is a huge BUT, which you ignored, you should ONLY submit a
checkpatch cleanup for a subsystem that has a maintainer that welcomes
them.

Like drivers/staging/*.  Checkpatch cleanups are welcome, and encouraged
there.  If you want to do a checkpatch cleanup, do it there, you will
not be yelled at.

thanks,

greg k-h