[Intel-gfx] i915 vs checkpatch

[Chris Wilson]

Quoting Arkadiusz Hiler (2018-03-01 09:47:06)
> Hey all,
> 
> Since not so long ago our CI is running and reporting sparse and
> checkpatch. Sparse is doing just fine but I had to disable checkpatch
> for the time being - too much "false" positives causing people to
> complain. It's simply confusing to see one thing in the code, and
> fitting your change in only to get a report that it's wrong.

Another aspect is that we use the kernel coding style for igt as well.
checkpatch.pl should be able to pick up style issues on igt patches.
-Chris