/Scripts/checkpatch. pl scripts can be used to check code writing irregularities and perform some simple static code checks.

CodeNon-standard, such as over 80 columns, spaces after parentheses, And the asterisk in the pointer is not appended with the variable name.

Static code check. For example, if msleep is less than 20, it is recommended to change it to 20, because less than 20 makes no sense.

There are some scripts in the scripts directory, such as cleanfile and cleanpatch, which can be used to automatically modify some problems in the code.

Checkpatch. pl with-F option can directly check the file, rather than checking a patch file. In this way, the patch file will not be generated.