On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 01:11 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > IMO what we need is to go through all rules in CodingStyle and if for > some rule there is no overwhelming majority in the core kernel, well, > the list has grown way too large and could use massive trimming.
I'm in complete agreement. I also think that checkpatch's ERROR/WARNING/CHECK message naming is far too severe and injunctive and could use a renaming to something more silly, bug related and less commanding like FLEAS/GNATS/NITS.