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2012-07-30checkpatch: add checks for do {} while (0) macro misusesJoe Perches
These types of macros should not be used for either a single statement nor should the macro end with a semi-colon. Add tests for these conditions. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-07-30checkpatch: Add acheck for use of sizeof without parenthesisJoe Perches
Kernel style uses parenthesis around sizeof. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-07-30checkpatch: check usleep_range() argumentsJoe Perches
usleep_range() shouldn't use the same args for min and max. Report it when it happens and when both args are decimal and min > max. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-07-30checkpatch: test for non-standard signaturesJoe Perches
Warn on non-standard signature styles. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-07-30checkpatch: Update alignment checkJoe Perches
Parenthesis alignment doesn't correctly check an existing line after an inserted or modified line with an open parenthesis. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-05-31checkpatch: suggest pr_<level> over printk(KERN_<LEVEL>Joe Perches
Suggest the shorter pr_<level> instead of printk(KERN_<LEVEL>. Prefer to use pr_<level> over bare printks. Prefer to use pr_warn over pr_warning. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-05-31checkpatch: check for whitespace before semicolon at EOLEric Nelson
Requires --strict option during invocation: ~/linux$ scripts/checkpatch --strict foo.patch This tests for a bad habits of mine like this: return 0 ; Note that it does allow a special case of a bare semicolon for empty loops: while (foo()) ; Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-04-16checkpatch: revert --strict test for net/ and drivers/net block comment styleJoe Perches
Revert the --strict test for the old preferred block comment style in drivers/net and net/ Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: check for quoted strings broken across linesJosh Triplett
checkpatch already makes an exception to the 80-column rule for quoted strings, and Documentation/CodingStyle recommends not splitting quoted strings across lines, because it breaks the ability to grep for the string. Rather than just permitting this, actively warn about quoted strings split across lines. Test case: void context(void) { struct { unsigned magic; const char *strdata; } foo[] = { { 42, "these strings" "do not produce warnings" }, { 256, "though perhaps" "they should" }, }; pr_err("this string" " should produce a warning\n"); pr_err("this multi-line string\n" "should not produce a warning\n"); asm ("this asm\n\t" "should not produce a warning"); } Results of checkpatch on that test case: WARNING: quoted string split across lines + " should produce a warning\n"); total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 15 lines checked Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: whitespace - add/remove blank linesJoe Perches
Add blank lines between a few tests, remove an extraneous one. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: warn on use of yield()Joe Perches
Using yield() is generally wrong. Warn on its use. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: add --strict tests for braces, comments and castsJoe Perches
Add some more subjective --strict tests. Add a test for block comments that start with a blank line followed only by a line with just the comment block initiator. Prefer a blank line followed by /* comment... Add a test for unnecessary spaces after a cast. Add a test for symmetric uses of braces in if/else blocks. If one branch needs braces, then all branches should use braces. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: add [] to type extensionsAndy Whitcroft
Add [] to a type extensions. Fixes false positives on: .attrs = (struct attribute *[]) { Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: high precedence operators do not require additional parentheses ↵Andy Whitcroft
in #defines With any very high precedence operator it is not necessary to enforce additional parentheses around simple negated expressions. This prevents us requesting further perentheses around the following: #define PMEM_IS_FREE(id, index) !(pmem[id].bitmap[index].allocated) For now add logical and bitwise not and unary minus. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: handle string concatenation in simple #definesAndy Whitcroft
Adjacent strings indicate concatentation, therefore look at identifiers directly adjacent to literal strings as strings too. This allows us to better detect the form below and accept it as a simple constant: #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: allow simple character constants in #definesAndy Whitcroft
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: catch [ ... ] usage when not at the beginning of definitionAndy Whitcroft
Handle the [ A ... B ] form deeper into a definition, for example: static const unsigned char pci_irq_swizzle[2][PCI_MAX_DEVICES] = { {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 27, 27, [9 ... PCI_MAX_DEVICES - 1] = 0 }, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 29, 29, [9 ... PCI_MAX_DEVICES - 1] = 0 }, }; Reported-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch.pl: be silent when -q and --ignore is givenArtem Bityutskiy
Fix checkpatch.pl when both -q and --ignore are given and prevents it from printing a NOTE: Ignored message types: blah messages. E.g., if I use -q --ignore PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED, i see: NOTE: Ignored message types: PREFER_ALIGNED PREFER_PACKED It makes no sense to print this when -q is given. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23checkpatch: add some --strict coding style checksJoe Perches
Argument alignment across multiple lines should match the open parenthesis. Logical continuations should be at the end of the previous line, not the start of a new line. These are not required by CodingStyle so make the tests active only when using --strict. Improved by some examples from Bruce Allen. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: "Bruce W. Allen" <bruce.w.allan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-23include/ and checkpatch: prefer __scanf to __attribute__((format(scanf,...)Joe Perches
It's equivalent to __printf, so prefer __scanf. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-02-07checkpatch: Warn on code with 6+ tab indentationJoe Perches
Overly indented code should be refactored. Suggest refactoring excessive indentation of of if/else/for/do/while/switch statements. For example: $ cat t.c #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { if (1) if (2) if (3) if (4) if (5) if (6) if (7) if (8) ; return 0; } $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f t.c WARNING: Too many leading tabs - consider code refactoring #12: FILE: t.c:12: + if (6) WARNING: Too many leading tabs - consider code refactoring #13: FILE: t.c:13: + if (7) WARNING: Too many leading tabs - consider code refactoring #14: FILE: t.c:14: + if (8) total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 17 lines checked t.c has style problems, please review. If any of these errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: catch all occurences of type and cast spacing errors per lineAndy Whitcroft
Fix up type and cast spacing checks such that all occurences on a line are examined and reported. For example the line below has a valid cast and a bad type, but currently we check the cast first which is good and stop: u16* bar = (u16 *)baz; We will also only report one of the errors in this example: u16* bar = (u16*)bad; Move to iterating across all casts and all types, reporting any failure. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: typeof may have more complex argumentsAndy Whitcroft
typeof may have various more complex forms as its arguement, not just an identifier. For now allow us to leak to the first close perenthesis ')'. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: ensure cast type is unique in the context parserAndy Whitcroft
Ensure the cast type is unique in the context parser, we do not want them to detect as a comma ','. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: fix complex macros handling of square bracketsAndy Whitcroft
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: fix 'return is not a function' square bracket handlingAndy Whitcroft
We are incorrectly matching square brackets '[' and ']' leading to false positives on more complex functions as below: return (dt3155_fbuffer[m]->ready_head - dt3155_fbuffer[m]->ready_len + dt3155_fbuffer[m]->nbuffers)% (dt3155_fbuffer[m]->nbuffers); Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: complex macro should allow the empty do while loopAndy Whitcroft
It is common to stub out a function as below, this is triggering a complex macro format incorrectly. Sort this out: #define cma_early_regions_reserve(reserve) do { } while (0) Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: fix EXPORT_SYMBOL handling following a functionAndy Whitcroft
The following fragment defeats the DEVICE_ATTR style handing, check for and ignore the close brace '}' in this context: int foo() { } DEVICE_ATTR(link_power_management_policy, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, ata_scsi_lpm_show, ata_scsi_lpm_put); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_attr_link_power_management_policy); Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: only apply kconfig help checks for options which promptAndy Whitcroft
The intent of this check is to catch the options which the user will see and ensure they are properly described. It is also common for internal only options to have a brief description. Allow this form. Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: optimise statement scanner when mid-statementAndy Whitcroft
In the middle of a long definition or similar, there is no possibility of finding a smaller sub-statement. Optimise this case by skipping statement aquirey where there are no starts of statement (open brace '{' or semi-colon ';'). We are likely to scan slightly more than needed still but this is safest. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: ## is not a valid modifierAndy Whitcroft
Inserting a # into the modifiers list will incorrectly add the null string to the modifiers list, leading to an infinite loop. As neither of these is a valid modifier form simply ignore them. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Reported-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: improve memset and min/max with cast checkingJoe Perches
Improve the checking of arguments to memset and min/max tests. Move the checking of min/max to statement blocks instead of single line. Change $Constant to allow any case type 0x initiator and trailing ul specifier. Add $FuncArg type as any function argument with or without a cast. Print the whole statement when showing memset or min/max messages. Improve the memset with 0 as 3rd argument error message. There are still weaknesses in the $FuncArg and $Constant code as arbitrary parentheses and negative signs are not generically supported. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix per Andy] Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: check for common memset parameter issues against statmentsAndy Whitcroft
Move the memset checks over to work against the statement. Also add checks for 0 and 1 used as lengths. Generally these indicate badly ordered parameters. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: correctly track the end of preprocessor commands in contextAndy Whitcroft
When looking for a statement we currently run on through preprocessor commands. This means that a header file with just definitions is parsed over and over again combining all of the lines from the current line to the end of file leading to severe performance issues. Fix up context accumulation to track preprocessor commands and stop when reaching the end of them. At the same time vastly simplify the #define handling. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: prefer __printf over __attribute__((format(printf,...)))Joe Perches
Add a warn for not using __printf. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-10checkpatch: update signature "might be better as" warningJoe Perches
email header lines can look like signature tags. It's valid to have multiple email recipients on a single line but not valid to have multiple signatures on a single line. Validate signatures only when not in the email headers. Clear the $in_commit_log flag when the patch filename appears. Add '-' to the valid chars in a message header for headers like "Message-Id:" and "In-Reply-To:". Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-11-06Merge branch 'misc' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild * 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild: script/checkpatch.pl: warn about deprecated use of EXTRA_{A,C,CPP,LD}FLAGS tags, powerpc: Update tags.sh to support _GLOBAL symbols scripts: add extract-vmlinux
2011-10-31checkpatch: add a --strict check for utf-8 in commit logsJoe Perches
Some find using utf-8 in commit logs inappropriate. Some patch commit logs contain unintended utf-8 characters when doing things like copy/pasting compilation output. Look for the start of any commit log by skipping initial lines that look like email headers and "From: " lines. Stop looking for utf-8 at the first signature line. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-10-31kernel.h/checkpatch: mark strict_strto<foo> and simple_strto<foo> as obsoleteJoe Perches
Mark obsolete/deprecated strict_strto<foo> and simple_strto<foo> functions and macros as obsolete. Update checkpatch to warn about their use. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-09-15Merge branch 'master' into for-nextJiri Kosina
Fast-forward merge with Linus to be able to merge patches based on more recent version of the tree.
2011-09-15treewide: remove extra semicolons from various parts of the kernelJustin P. Mattock
This is a resend from the original, changing the title from PATCH to RFC(since this is a review for commit, and I should have put that the first go around). and also removing some of the commit's with ia64 and bash since it is significant. let me know if I might have missed anything etc.. Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2011-08-31script/checkpatch.pl: warn about deprecated use of EXTRA_{A,C,CPP,LD}FLAGSArnaud Lacombe
Usage of these flags has been deprecated for nearly 4 years by: commit f77bf01425b11947eeb3b5b54685212c302741b8 Author: Sam Ravnborg <sam@neptun.(none)> Date: Mon Oct 15 22:25:06 2007 +0200 kbuild: introduce ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y Moreover, these flags (at least EXTRA_CFLAGS) have been documented for command line use. By default, gmake(1) do not override command line setting, so this is likely to result in build failure or unexpected behavior. Warn about their introduction in Makefile or Kbuild files. Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-08-25checkpatch: add missing WARN argument for min_t and max_t testsHui Zhu
The test for bad usage of min_t() and max_t() is missing the --ignore type. Add it. Signed-off-by: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25checkpatch.pl: update $logFunctionsJoe Perches
Previous behavior allowed only alphabetic prefixes like pr_info to exceed the 80 column line length limit. ath6kl wants to add a digit into the prefix, so allow numbers as well as digits in the <prefix>_<level> printks. <prefix>_<level>_ratelimited and <prefix>_<level>_once and WARN_RATELIMIT and WARN_ONCE may now exceed 80 cols. Add missing <prefix>_printk type for completeness. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25checkpatch: make utf-8 test --strictJoe Perches
Some patches are sent in using ISO-8859 or even Windows codepage 1252. Make checkpatch accept these by default and only emit the "Invalid UTF-8" message when using --strict. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25checkpatch.pl: add ability to ignore various messagesJoe Perches
Some users would like the ability to not emit some of the messages that checkpatch produces. This can make it easier to use checkpatch in other projects and integrate into scm hook scripts. Add command line option to "--ignore" various message types. Add option --show-types to emit the "type" of each message. Categorize all ERROR, WARN and CHK messages with types. Add optional .checkpatch.conf file to store default options. 3 paths are searched for .checkpatch.conf . customized per-tree configurations $HOME user global configuration when per-tree configs don't exist ./scripts lk defaults to override script The .conf file can contain any valid command-line argument and the contents are prepended to any additional command line arguments. Multiple lines may be used, blank lines are ignored, # is a comment. Update "false positive" output for readability. Update version to 0.32 Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25checkpatch: add a "prefer __aligned" checkJoe Perches
Prefer the use of __aligned(size) over __attribute__((__aligned___(size))) Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110609094526.1571774c.akpm@linux-foundation.org Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25checkpatch: validate signature styles and To: and Cc: linesJoe Perches
Signatures have many forms and can sometimes cause problems if not in the correct format when using git send-email or quilt. Try to verify the signature tags and email addresses to use the generally accepted "Signed-off-by: Full Name <email@domain.tld>" form. Original idea by Anish Kumar <anish198519851985@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Anish Kumar <anish198519851985@gmail.com> Cc: Nick Bowler <nbowler@elliptictech.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25checkpatch: add __rcu as a sparse modifierSven Eckelmann
Fix "need consistent spacing around '*'" error after a __rcu sparse annotation which was caused by the missing __rcu entry in the checkpatch.pl internal list of sparse keywords. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-07-25checkpatch: suggest using min_t or max_tJoe Perches
A common issue with min() or max() is using a cast on one or both of the arguments when using min_t/max_t could be better. Add cast detection to uses of min/max and suggest an appropriate use of min_t or max_t instead. Caveat: This only works for min() or max() on a single line. It does not find min() or max() split across multiple lines. This does find: min((u32)foo, bar); But it does not find: max((unsigned long)foo, bar); Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>