* [PATCH] checkpatch: stop worrying about include/asm/
@ 2016-12-20 19:09 Paul Bolle
2016-12-20 19:59 ` Joe Perches
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Paul Bolle @ 2016-12-20 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andy Whitcroft, Joe Perches; +Cc: linux-kernel
include/asm/ got removed in v1.1.45. Two decades later it's about time
to stop worrying whether patches still touch it.
Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
---
Lightly tested.
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a8368d1c4348..4975f251ba80 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2333,11 +2333,6 @@ sub process {
WARN("PATCH_PREFIX",
"patch prefix '$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n");
}
-
- if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) {
- ERROR("MODIFIED_INCLUDE_ASM",
- "do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n");
- }
$found_file = 1;
}
--
2.7.4
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* Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: stop worrying about include/asm/
2016-12-20 19:09 [PATCH] checkpatch: stop worrying about include/asm/ Paul Bolle
@ 2016-12-20 19:59 ` Joe Perches
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2016-12-20 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paul Bolle, Andy Whitcroft; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tue, 2016-12-20 at 20:09 +0100, Paul Bolle wrote:
> include/asm/ got removed in v1.1.45. Two decades later it's about time
> to stop worrying whether patches still touch it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
> ---
> Lightly tested.
>
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 -----
> 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index a8368d1c4348..4975f251ba80 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2333,11 +2333,6 @@ sub process {
> WARN("PATCH_PREFIX",
> "patch prefix '$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n");
> }
> -
> - if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) {
> - ERROR("MODIFIED_INCLUDE_ASM",
> - "do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n");
> - }
> $found_file = 1;
> }
I wonder what Andy really intended with commit
It seems wrong.
commit c1ab33269a84d6056d2ffc728d8bbaa26377d3e3
Author: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Date: Wed Oct 15 22:02:20 2008 -0700
checkpatch: include/asm checks should be anchored
It is possible to have other include/asm paths within the tree which are
not subject to the do not edit checks. Ignore those.
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>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 482768cd5790..0e5af8ed107e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ sub process {
$realfile = $1;
$realfile =~ s@^[^/]*/@@;
- if ($realfile =~ m@include/asm/@) {
+ if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) {
ERROR("do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n");
}
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