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SubjectRe: Question about create mode, checkpatch, and MAINTAINERS
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On 1/27/16, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 10:52 -0700, Jeff Merkey wrote:
>> So while putting together a patch series that adds some include files
>> in the arch/ I ran across the checkpatch WARNING that says MAINTAINERS
>> needs updating for new files with create mode.
>> Is the best way to do this to submit MAINTAINERS as a separate patch
>> or in its own patch with the series, or can I just send the patch
>> series to the current MAINTAINERS of those arches and skip this add
>> maintainers and ignore the checkpatch WARNING for this.
>
> You can ignore it.
>
> The checkpatch message is just a prompt. It asks
> "does MAINTAINERS need updating"? The checkpatch message
> is just asking
> to consider whether or not MAINTAINERS
> needs updating. MAINTAINERS may
> not need updating at all.
>
>> From what I have seen, its not a good idea to ignore anything
>> checkpatch reports.
>
> It's always better to ignore mechanized messages from
> brainless scripts when you know what you're doing.
>
>

Thanks Joe.

:-)

Jeff

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