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SubjectRe: [PATCH] improve the kernel quality and reduce the amount of BS patches
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 03:09:02AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> this idiocy has gone too far
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Seriously, folks - the stream of patches with no better
explanations than "The Most Holy checkpatch.pl Says So, Must Appease
The Spirits" ought to stop.

If you are changing something, take care to explain _why_
is the change made. Reference to a tool that has pointed you
towards the location you are changing does not replace that.
checkpatch.pl is a script. A dumb one. It's a bunch of heuristics
that correlate with code being potentially fishy and worth looking
into; those are occasionally useful, but it's not an oracle.

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