* [PATCH] checkpatch: Don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts
@ 2021-02-04 16:32 Chris Down
2021-02-06 3:25 ` Joe Perches
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Chris Down @ 2021-02-04 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-mm, linux-kernel, kernel-team
This check erroneously flags cases like the one in my recent printk
enumeration patch[0], where the spaces are syntactic, and `section:' vs.
`section :' is syntactically important:
ERROR: space prohibited before that ':' (ctx:WxW)
#258: FILE: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:314:
+ .printk_fmts : AT(ADDR(.printk_fmts) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
0: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1375749/
Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@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 4f8494527139..3bcffc5574ae 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5046,7 +5046,7 @@ sub process {
# A colon needs no spaces before when it is
# terminating a case value or a label.
} elsif ($opv eq ':C' || $opv eq ':L') {
- if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) {
+ if ($ctx =~ /Wx./ and $realfile !~ m@.*\.lds\.h$@) {
if (ERROR("SPACING",
"space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
$good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);
--
2.30.0
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2021-02-04 16:32 [PATCH] checkpatch: Don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts Chris Down
@ 2021-02-06 3:25 ` Joe Perches
2021-02-06 13:04 ` Chris Down
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2021-02-06 3:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Down, Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-mm, linux-kernel, kernel-team
On Thu, 2021-02-04 at 16:32 +0000, Chris Down wrote:
> This check erroneously flags cases like the one in my recent printk
> enumeration patch[0], where the spaces are syntactic, and `section:' vs.
> `section :' is syntactically important:
>
> ERROR: space prohibited before that ':' (ctx:WxW)
> #258: FILE: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:314:
> + .printk_fmts : AT(ADDR(.printk_fmts) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>
> 0: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1375749/
Remember to cc the checkpatch maintainers.
> Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 4f8494527139..3bcffc5574ae 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -5046,7 +5046,7 @@ sub process {
> # A colon needs no spaces before when it is
> # terminating a case value or a label.
> } elsif ($opv eq ':C' || $opv eq ':L') {
> - if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) {
> + if ($ctx =~ /Wx./ and $realfile !~ m@.*\.lds\.h$@) {
> if (ERROR("SPACING",
> "space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
> $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts
2021-02-06 3:25 ` Joe Perches
@ 2021-02-06 13:04 ` Chris Down
2021-02-06 13:11 ` Joe Perches
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Chris Down @ 2021-02-06 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joe Perches; +Cc: Andrew Morton, linux-mm, linux-kernel, kernel-team
Oh, apologies -- I was somehow operating under the mistaken memory that this
was under Andrew's purview and neglected to run get_maintainer.
I'll resend. :-)
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* Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts
2021-02-06 13:04 ` Chris Down
@ 2021-02-06 13:11 ` Joe Perches
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2021-02-06 13:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Down; +Cc: Andrew Morton, linux-mm, linux-kernel, kernel-team
On Sat, 2021-02-06 at 13:04 +0000, Chris Down wrote:
> Oh, apologies -- I was somehow operating under the mistaken memory that this
> was under Andrew's purview and neglected to run get_maintainer.
>
> I'll resend. :-)
No need really. The patch is fine.
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