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authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>2007-07-19 01:48:34 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-19 10:04:47 -0700
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update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08
This version brings a number of new checks, and a number of bug fixes. Of note: - warnings for multiple assignments per line - warnings for multiple declarations per line - checks for single statement blocks with braces This patch includes an update for feature-removal-schedule.txt to better target checks. Andy Whitcroft (12): Version: 0.08 only apply printk checks where there is a string literal allow suppression of errors for when no patch is found warn about multiple assignments warn on declaration of multiple variables check for kfree() with needless null check check for single statement braced blocks check for aggregate initialisation on the next line handle the => operator check for spaces between function name and open parenthesis move to explicit Check: entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt handle pointer attributes Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
When: December 2006
Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h
+Check: include/linux/video_decoder.h
Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough
means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
When: August 2006
Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c
-Funcs: kernel_thread
+Check: kernel_thread
Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should
use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from
implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that
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