Re: [rfc] the kernel workflow & trivial "global -> static" patches(was: Re: [2.6 patch] make sched_feat_{names,open} static)

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon May 05 2008 - 16:43:48 EST


On Mon, 5 May 2008 22:19:06 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Firstly, the practical problem: today "make namespacecheck" emits way
> too many false positives even on an allyesconfig build

We don't actually care about what comes out of `make namespacecheck'. We
care about the _difference_ in its output when a patch is applied.

So a script which reports on what changes a particular patch has upon
namespacecheck output might be the way to go. If it is fast enough then it
can be run on a per-patch basis alongside checkpatch.

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