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2015-09-10checkpatch: add constant comparison on left side testJoe Perches
"CONST <comparison> variable" checks like: if (NULL != foo) and while (0 < bar(...)) where a constant (or what appears to be a constant like an upper case identifier) is on the left of a comparison are generally preferred to be written using the constant on the right side like: if (foo != NULL) and while (bar(...) > 0) Add a test for this. Add a --fix option too, but only do it when the code is immediately surrounded by parentheses to avoid misfixing things like "(0 < bar() + constant)" Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Nicolas Morey Chaisemartin <nmorey@kalray.eu> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-09-10checkpatch: add __pmem to $Sparse annotationsJoe Perches
commit 61031952f4c8 ("arch, x86: pmem api for ensuring durability of persistent memory updates") added a new __pmem annotation for sparse verification. Add __pmem to the $Sparse variable so checkpatch can appropriately ignore uses of this attribute too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.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>
2015-09-10checkpatch: fix left brace warningEddie Kovsky
Using checkpatch.pl with Perl 5.22.0 generates the following warning: Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; This patch fixes the warnings by escaping occurrences of the left brace inside the regular expression. Signed-off-by: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-09-10checkpatch: avoid some commit message long line warningsJoe Perches
Fixes: and Link: lines may exceed 75 chars in the commit log. So too can stack dump and dmesg lines and lines that seem like filenames. And Fixes: lines don't need to have a "commit" prefix before the commit id. Add exceptions for these types of lines. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-09-10checkpatch: emit an error on formats with 0x%<decimal>Joe Perches
Using 0x%d is wrong. Emit a message when it happens. Miscellanea: Improve the %Lu warning to match formats like %16Lu. 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>
2015-09-10checkpatch: make --strict the default for drivers/staging files and patchesJoe Perches
Making --strict the default for staging may help some people submit patches without obvious defects. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-09-10checkpatch: always check block comment stylesJoe Perches
Some of the block comment tests that are used only for networking are appropriate for all patches. For example, these styles are not encouraged: /* block comment without introductory * */ and /* * block comment with line terminating */ Remove the networking specific test and add comments. There are some infrequent false positives where code is lazily commented out using /* and */ rather than using #if 0/#endif blocks like: /* case foo: case bar: */ case baz: 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>
2015-09-10checkpatch: report the right line # when using --emacs and --fileJoe Perches
commit 34d8815f9512 ("checkpatch: add --showfile to allow input via pipe to show filenames") broke the --emacs with --file option. Fix it. 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>
2015-09-10checkpatch: add some <foo>_destroy functions to NEEDLESS_IF testsJoe Perches
Sergey Senozhatsky has modified several destroy functions that can now be called with NULL values. - kmem_cache_destroy() - mempool_destroy() - dma_pool_destroy() Update checkpatch to warn when those functions are preceded by an if. Update checkpatch to --fix all the calls too only when the code style form is using leading tabs. from: if (foo) <func>(foo); to: <func>(foo); Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Tested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-09-10checkpatch: Allow longer declaration macrosJoe Perches
Some really long declaration macros exist. For instance; DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO(exp_info); and DECLARE_DM_KCOPYD_THROTTLE_WITH_MODULE_PARM(name, description) Increase the limit from 2 words to 6 after DECLARE/DEFINE uses. 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>
2015-09-10checkpatch: improve SUSPECT_CODE_INDENT testJoe Perches
Many lines exist like if (foo) bar; where the tabbed indentation of the branch is not one more than the "if" line above it. checkpatch should emit a warning on those lines. Miscellenea: o Remove comments from branch blocks o Skip blank lines in block 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>
2015-09-10checkpatch: add warning on BUG/BUG_ON useJoe Perches
Using BUG/BUG_ON crashes the kernel and is just unfriendly. Enable code that emits a warning on BUG/BUG_ON use. Make the code emit the message at WARNING level when scanning a patch and at CHECK level when scanning files so that script users don't feel an obligation to fix code that might be above their pay grade. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-09-10checkpatch: warn on bare SHA-1 commit IDs in commit logsJoe Perches
Commit IDs should have commit descriptions too. Warn when a 12 to 40 byte SHA-1 is used in commit logs. 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>
2015-08-12Merge branch 'for-mingo' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu Pull RCU changes from Paul E. McKenney: - The combination of tree geometry-initialization simplifications and OS-jitter-reduction changes to expedited grace periods. These two are stacked due to the large number of conflicts that would otherwise result. [ With one addition, a temporary commit to silence a lockdep false positive. Additional changes to the expedited grace-period primitives (queued for 4.4) remove the cause of this false positive, and therefore include a revert of this temporary commit. ] - Documentation updates. - Torture-test updates. - Miscellaneous fixes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-07-22scripts: Make checkpatch.pl warn on expedited RCU grace periodsPaul E. McKenney
The synchronize_rcu_expedited() and synchronize_sched_expedited() expedited-grace-period primitives induce OS jitter, which can degrade real-time response. This commit therefore adds a checkpatch.pl warning on any patch adding them. Note that this patch does not warn on synchronize_srcu_expedited() because it does not induce OS jitter, courtesy of its otherwise much-maligned read-side memory barriers. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
2015-07-17checkpatch: fix long line messages about patch contextJoe Perches
Changes in ("checkpatch: categorize some long line length checks") now erroneously reports long line defects in patch context. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: emit "NOTE: <types>" message only once after multiple filesJoe Perches
Make this message similar to the "false positives" message and emit it only once when scanning multiple files instead of after each file scanned. 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>
2015-06-25checkpatch: emit an error when there's a diff in a changelogJoe Perches
People often put diff snippets in changelogs. This causes problems when one tries to apply a file containing both the changelog and the diff because patch(1) tries to apply the diff which it found in the changelog. Warn once when what seems to be a diff snippet in the changelog exists. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: validate MODULE_LICENSE contentBjorn Andersson
There is a well defined list of expected values for MODULE_LICENSE so warn the user upon usage of unknown values. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@sonymobile.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>
2015-06-25checkpatch: add multi-line handling for PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPYMateusz Kulikowski
Handle multi-line memcpy() properly. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: suggest using eth_zero_addr() and eth_broadcast_addr()Mateusz Kulikowski
Suggest using eth_zero_addr() or eth_broadcast_addr() instead of memset(). Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: fix processing of MEMSET issuesMateusz Kulikowski
Remove 's' modifier to avoid reporting the same warning several times. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: suggest using ether_addr_equal*()Mateusz Kulikowski
Check if memcmp() is used to compare ethernet addresses and suggest using ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: avoid NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF errors on cover-letter.patch filesJoe Perches
Make an exception for the "Does not appear to be a unified-diff" error when scanning what appears to be git generated cover letters. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: remove local from codespell pathMaxim Uvarov
local is typically used for manually installed apps. For apps installed from distro the right path is /usr/share. Signed-off-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: add --showfile to allow input via pipe to show filenamesJoe Perches
Using "git diff | ./scripts/checkpatch -" does not have an easy mechanism to see the files and lines actually modified. Add --showfile to see the file and line specified in the diff. When --showfile is used without --terse, the second line of each message output is redundant, so it is removed. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: colorize output to terminalJoe Perches
Add optional colors to make seeing message types a bit easier. Add --color command line switch, default:on Error is RED, warning is YELLOW, check is GREEN. The message type, if shown, is BLUE. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: improve output with multiple command-line filesJoe Perches
If there are multiple patches/files on the command line, use a prefix before the patch/file message output like: -------------- patch/filename -------------- to make the identifying which messages go with which file/patch a bit easier to parse. Move the perl version and false positive messages after all the files have been scanned so that they are emitted only once. Standardize the NOTE: <...> form to always emit a blank line before the NOTE and always use print << "EOM" style. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz> Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: categorize some long line length checksJoe Perches
Many lines of code extend beyond the maximum line length. Some of these are possibly justified by use type. For instance: structure definitions where comments are added per member like: struct foo { type member; /* some long description */ And lines that don't fit the typical logging message style where a string constant is used like: SOME_MACRO(args, "Some long string"); Categorize these long line types so that checkpatch can use a command-line --ignore=<type> option to avoid emitting some long line warnings. One of the existing checkpatch exclusions allowed kernel-doc argument documentation to exceed 80 columns because old versions of kernel-doc required single line documentation. The requirement was removed in 2009 so remove that exclusion. Add documentation to make the test a bit clearer. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> Cc: Michael Shuey <shuey@purdue.edu> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-25checkpatch: use $String consistentlyJoe Perches
String detection where a source line with a string constant is converted can either have an X or a space. Some of the string detection regexes do not allow the space character, but there is a handy $String variable that does. Convert the remaining uses of string detection regexes to use the $String variable to reduce possible false negatives. 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>
2015-06-25checkpatch: make types found in a source file/patch localAlex Dowad
checkpatch uses various cues in its input patches and files to discover the names of user-defined types and modifiers. It then uses that information when processing expressions to discover potential style issues. Unfortunately, in rare cases, this means that checkpatch may give different results if you run it on several input files in one execution, or one by one! The reason is that it may identify a type (or something that looks like a type) in one file, and then carry this information over when processing a different file. For example, drivers/staging/media/bcm2048/radio-bcm2048.c contains this line (in a macro): size value; and drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c has this line: while (size * *nbuffers > vpfe_dev->video_limit) If checkpatch processes these 2 files in a single command like: ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f $file1 $file2 the (spurious) "size" type detected in the first file will cause it to flag the second file for improper use of the pointer dereference operator. To fix this, store types and modifiers found in a file in separate arrays from built-in ones, and reset the arrays of types and modifiers found in files at the beginning of each new source file. Signed-off-by: Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@gmail.com> 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>
2015-06-25checkpatch: add --strict warning for c99 fixed size typedefs : int<size>_tJoe Perches
Using declarations like u_int16_t in kernel code is not preferred. Suggest the kernel sized types instead of the c99 types when not in the uapi directory. Add a $typeC99Typedefs variable for the types to check and neaten the other typedef variables. 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>
2015-06-25checkpatch: check for uncommented waitqueue_active()Joe Perches
Linus sayeth: : Pretty much every single time people use this "if : (waitqueue_active())" model, it tends to be a bug, because it means : that there is zero serialization with people who are just about to go : to sleep. It's fundamentally racy against all the "wait_event()" loops : that carefully do memory barriers between testing conditions and going : to sleep, because the memory barriers now don't exist on the waking : side. : : So I'm making a new rule: if you use waitqueue_active(), I want an : explanation for why it's not racy with the waiter. A big comment about : the memory ordering, or about higher-level locks that are held by the : caller, or something. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-10checkpatch: fix "GLOBAL_INITIALISERS" testJoe Perches
Commit d5e616fc1c1d ("checkpatch: add a few more --fix corrections") broke the GLOBAL_INITIALISERS test with bad parentheses and optional leading spaces. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Bandan Das <bsd@makefile.in> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: avoid "spaces required around that ':'" false positiveJoe Perches
Since commit 1f65f947a6a8 ("checkpatch: add checks for question mark and colon spacing") back in 2008, checkpatch has reported false positive for asm volatile uses of "::" checkpatch thinks colons should always have spaces around it. Add an exception for colons with colons on either side for this valid asm volatile (and c++) use. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Yehuda Yitschak <yehuday@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: fix --fix use with a patch of multiple filesJoe Perches
If a patch touches multiple files, the --fix and --fix-inplace option doesn't keep the proper line count and makes the new patch file not able to be applied via bad offset line numbers when lines are added or deleted by the --fix option. Dunno how that extra backslash snuck in there. 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>
2015-04-17checkpatch.pl: new instances of ENOSYS are errorsAndy Lutomirski
ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We have a bad habit of using it for things like invalid operations on otherwise valid syscalls. We should avoid this in new code. Pervasive incorrect usage of ENOSYS came up at the kernel summit ABI review discussion. Let's see if checkpatch can help. I'll submit a separate patch for include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.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>
2015-04-17checkpatch: add a test for const with __read_mostly usesJoe Perches
const objects shouldn't be __read_mostly. They are read-only. Marking these objects as __read_mostly causes section conflicts with LTO linking. So add a test to try to avoid this issue. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: improve operator spacing checkSam Bobroff
Code such as: x = timercmp(&now, &end, <); Will currently trigger a checkpatch error. e.g. ERROR: spaces required around that '<' This is because the "Ignore operators passed as parameters" check looks only for a comma following the operator. Improve the check by also looking for a close parenthesis. Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.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>
2015-04-17checkpatch: add 'Prefer ARRAY_SIZE" testJoe Perches
Add a test for sizeof(foo)/sizeof(foo[0]) that could be ARRAY_SIZE(foo). 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>
2015-04-17checkpatch: add uart_ops to normally const structsJoe Perches
Add another struct to the list of normally const struct types Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: add #define foo "string" long line exceptionJoe Perches
There are #defines with long string constants like: #define foo "some really long string > 80 columns" Add a long line exception for them. Miscellanea: Use the $String variable for slightly better readability Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Madalin-Cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@freescale.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>
2015-04-17checkpatch, SubmittingPatches: suggest line wrapping commit messages at 75 ↵Joe Perches
columns Commit messages lines are sometimes overly long. Suggest line wrapping at 75 columns so the default git commit log indentation of 4 plus the commit message text still fits on an 80 column screen. Add a checkpatch test for long commit messages lines too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Ian Morris <ipm@chirality.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: don't ask for asm/file.h to linux/file.h unconditionallyFabian Frederick
Currently checkpatch warns when asm/file.h is included and linux/file.h exists. That conversion can be made when linux/file.h includes asm/file.h which is not always the case.(See signal.h) Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: add test for repeated const usesJoe Perches
Using 'const <type> const *' is generally meant to be written 'const <type> * const'. Add a test for the miswritten form. 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>
2015-04-17checkpatch: improve return negative errno checkJoe Perches
Add a few conditions to the test to find return (ERRNO); Make the output message a bit less cryptic too. 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>
2015-04-17checkpatch: match more world writable permissionsJoe Perches
Currently checkpatch will fuss if one uses world writable settings in debugfs files and DEVICE_ATTR uses by testing S_IWUGO but not testing S_IWOTH, S_IRWXUGO or S_IALLUGO. Extend the check to catch all cases exporting world writable permissions including octal values. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove stray $] Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Original-patch-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@osadl.org> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: add optional --codespell dictionary to find more typosJoe Perches
If a codespell dictionary exists, use it if desired. default is off, maybe it could be turned on later. codespell's dictionary format allows multiple possible corrections, ignore that for now and only use the first suggestion. Also add \b to spelling test so that consecutive misspelled words are found properly. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: add spell checking of email subject lineJoe Perches
Only commit log and patch additions are checked for typos and spelling errors currently. Add a check of the email subject line too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17checkpatch: improve "no space is necessary after a cast" testJoe Perches
The "no space is necessary after a cast" sizeof exclusion doesn't work properly. The test reports a false positive for code like: BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct batadv_bla_claim_dst) != 6); Make it work, simplify the exclusions, and add some comments. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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