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* checkpatch: avoid "spaces required around that ':'" false positiveJoe Perches2015-04-171-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: fix --fix use with a patch of multiple filesJoe Perches2015-04-171-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch.pl: new instances of ENOSYS are errorsAndy Lutomirski2015-04-171-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add a test for const with __read_mostly usesJoe Perches2015-04-171-0/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: improve operator spacing checkSam Bobroff2015-04-171-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add 'Prefer ARRAY_SIZE" testJoe Perches2015-04-171-0/+13
| | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add uart_ops to normally const structsJoe Perches2015-04-171-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add #define foo "string" long line exceptionJoe Perches2015-04-171-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch, SubmittingPatches: suggest line wrapping commit messages at 75 ↵Joe Perches2015-04-171-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: don't ask for asm/file.h to linux/file.h unconditionallyFabian Frederick2015-04-171-7/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add test for repeated const usesJoe Perches2015-04-171-0/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: improve return negative errno checkJoe Perches2015-04-171-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: match more world writable permissionsJoe Perches2015-04-171-2/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add optional --codespell dictionary to find more typosJoe Perches2015-04-171-4/+34
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add spell checking of email subject lineJoe Perches2015-04-171-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: improve "no space is necessary after a cast" testJoe Perches2015-04-171-2/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
* checkpatch: add of_device_id to structs that should be constJoe Perches2015-02-131-3/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | Uses of struct of_device_id are most commonly const. Suggest using it as such. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: try to avoid poor patch subject linesJoe Perches2015-02-131-0/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Naming the tool that found an issue in the subject line isn't very useful. Emit a warning when a common tool (currently checkpatch, sparse or smatch) is in the subject line. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: make sure a commit reference description uses parenthesesJoe Perches2015-02-131-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | The preferred style for a commit reference in a commit log is: commit <foo> ("<title line>") A recent commit removed this check for parentheses. Add it back. 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>
* checkpatch: add --strict test for spaces around arithmeticJoe Perches2015-02-131-1/+16
| | | | | | | | | | | Some prefer code to have spaces around arithmetic so instead of: a = b*c+d; suggest a = b * c + d; 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>
* checkpatch: neaten printk_ratelimited message positionJoe Perches2015-02-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | | Just neatening... 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>
* checkpatch: improve "no space necessary after cast" testJoe Perches2015-02-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Code like: if (a < sizeof(<type>) && and { .len = sizeof(<type>) }, incorrectly emits that warning, so add more exceptions to avoid the warning. 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>
* checkpatch: improve seq_print->seq_puts suggestionHeba Aamer2015-02-131-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | Improve the format specifier test by removing any %% before looking for any remaining % format specifier. Signed-off-by: Heba Aamer <heba93aamer@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>
* checkpatch: add ability to --fix unnecessary blank lines around bracesJoe Perches2015-02-131-4/+10
| | | | | | | | | | There's a --strict test for these blank lines. Add the ability to automatically remove them with --fix. 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>
* checkpatch: add types for other OS typedefsJoe Perches2015-02-131-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | bsd and sysv use different typedefs for unsigned types. These are in types.h but not in checkpatch, so add them to checkpatch's ability to know types. This can avoid false positives for code like: void foo(void) { int x; uint y; [...]; } where checkpatch incorrectly emits a warning for "missing a blank line after declarations". 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>
* checkpatch: add ability to coalesce commit descriptions on multiple linesJoe Perches2015-02-131-0/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If a git commit description is split on consecutive lines, coalesce it before testing. This allows: commit <foo> ("some long description") Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Tested-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: add likely/unlikely comparison misuse testJoe Perches2015-02-131-0/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a test for probably likely/unlikely misuses where the comparison is likely misplaced if (likely(foo) > 0) vs if (likely(foo > 0)) Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Christoph Jaeger <cj@linux.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>
* checkpatch: update git commit messageJoe Perches2015-02-131-13/+32
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The git commit message can be confusing, Try to clarify the message a bit to reduce the confusion when emitted. Show the correct form using Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")' and if the git commit sha1 is unique, show the right sha1 to use with the actual title Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Original-patch-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Tested-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Acked-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Cc: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: Allow comments in macros tested for single statementsJoe Perches2015-02-131-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | Convert all the comments to spaces before testing for single statement macros. Reported-by: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> 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>
* checkpatch: add check for keyword 'boolean' in Kconfig definitionsChristoph Jaeger2015-02-131-0/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Discourage the use of keyword 'boolean' for type definition attributes of config options as support for it will be dropped later on. See http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1418003065.git.cj@linux.com Signed-off-by: Christoph Jaeger <cj@linux.com> Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Tested-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: fix UNNECESSARY_KERN_LEVEL false positivePaolo Bonzini2015-02-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | KERN_<LEVEL> is never redundant with printk_ratelimited or printk_once. (Except perhaps in the sense that you could use e.g. pr_err_ratelimited or pr_err_once, but that would apply to printk as well). Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> 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>
* checkpatch: ignore __pure $AttributeJoe Perches2015-02-131-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | Just like "__cold", ignore the __pure gcc attribute macro so pointer warnings aren't generated for uses like "int * __pure fn(...)" 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>
* checkpatch: improve octal permissions testsJoe Perches2015-02-131-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | Add world writable permissions tests for the various functions like debugfs etc... Add $String type for $FuncArg so that string constants are matched. 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>
* checkpatch: emit an error when using predefined timestamp macrosJoe Perches2015-02-131-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since commit fe7c36c7bde1 ("Makefile: Build with -Werror=date-time if the compiler supports it"), use of __DATE__, __TIME__, and __TIMESTAMP__ has not been allowed. As this test is gcc version specific (> 4.9), it hasn't prevented a few new uses from creeping into the kernel sources. Make checkpatch complain about them. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Original-patch-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: add ability to --fix (coalesce) string fragments on multiple linesJoe Perches2014-12-101-46/+69
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add --fix option to coalesce string fragments. This does not coalesce string fragments that have newline terminations or are otherwise exempted. Other miscellanea: o move all the string tests together. o fix get_quoted_string function for tab characters o fix concatination typo Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> 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>
* checkpatch: add --strict "pointer comparison to NULL" testJoe Perches2014-12-101-0/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It seems there are more and more uses of "if (!ptr)" in preference to "if (ptr == NULL)" so add a --strict test to emit a message when using the latter form. This also finds (ptr != NULL). Fix it too if desired. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: add test for consecutive string fragmentsJoe Perches2014-12-101-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Emit a warning when single line string coalescing occurs. Code that uses compiler string concatenation on a single line like: printk("foo" "bar"); is generally better to read concatenated like: printk("foobar"); 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>
* checkpatch: add --strict preference for #defines using BIT(foo)Joe Perches2014-12-101-0/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Using BIT(foo) and BIT_ULL(bar) is more common now. Suggest using these macros over #defines with 1<<value. Add a --fix option too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: allow certain SI units with three charactersJulius Werner2014-12-101-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Checkpatch flags CamelCase identifiers in strict mode, but it has a feature to ignore parts with only two characters to allow for SI units like mV or uA. Unfortunately, not all SI units fit in two characters, and not all are lower case followed by upper case. This patch adds hardcoded detection for frequency and 1024-based size units (Hz/KHz/MHz/GHz/THz and KiB/MiB/GiB/TiB), since allowing any three character combinations might be too lenient. The list can later be expanded as needed. Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.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>
* checkpatch: Add --strict test for function pointer calling styleJoe Perches2014-12-101-3/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Peter Hurley wrote: The use of older function ptr calling style, (*fn)(), makes static analysis more error-prone; replace with modern fn() style. So make checkpatch emit a --strict test for that condition. Update the unnecessary parentheses test for dereferencing objects at the same time and create a $fix mechanism too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequencyJoe Perches2014-12-101-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | When files are being added/moved/deleted and a patch contains an update to the MAINTAINERS file, assume it's to update the MAINTAINERS file correctly and do not emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message. Reported by many people. 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>
* checkpatch: try to avoid mask and shift errorsJoe Perches2014-12-101-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | Shift has a higher precedence that mask so warn when a mask then shift operation is done without parentheses around the mask. This test works well for a right shift, but the left shift is pretty commonly done correctly so only warn on the right shift. 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>
* checkpatch: fix use via symlink, make missing spelling file non-fatalJoe Perches2014-12-101-17/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commit 66b47b4a9dad ("checkpatch: look for common misspellings") made it difficult to use checkpatch via a symlink. Fix that and make a missing spelling.txt file non-fatal. Emit a warning when the spelling.txt file can not be opened. Reference: http://xkcd.com/1172/ Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Tested-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> 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>
* checkpatch: improve warning message for "needless if" caseFabio Estevam2014-12-101-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | Add an 'and' to the sentence so that it looks better: WARNING: debugfs_remove(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.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>
* checkpatch: improve test for no space after castJoe Perches2014-12-101-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | sizeof(foo) is not a cast, allow a space after it. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Tested-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: add error on use of attribute((weak)) or __weak declarationsJoe Perches2014-12-101-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | Using weak declarations can have unintended link defects. The __weak on the declaration causes non-weak definitions to become weak. Emit an error on its use. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: add an error test for no space before commaJoe Perches2014-12-101-2/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Using code like: int foo , bar; is not preferred to: int foo, bar; so emit an error on this style. 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>
* checkpatch: warn on logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL>Joe Perches2014-10-141-0/+11
| | | | | | | | | | Warn on probable misuses of logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL> like pr_err(KERN_ERR "foo\n"); 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>
* checkpatch: add exception to return then else testJoe Perches2014-10-141-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add an exception to the return before else warning when the line following it is also a return like: if (foo) return bar; else return baz; This form of a test then return is at least as readable as if (foo) return bar; return baz; so don't emit a warning on the first form. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Elshad Mustafayev <elshadimo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* checkpatch: look for common misspellingsKees Cook2014-10-141-1/+43
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Check for misspellings, based on Debian's lintian list. Several false positives were removed, and several additional words added that were common in the kernel: backword backwords invalide valide recieves singed unsinged While going back and fixing existing spelling mistakes isn't a high priority, it'd be nice to try to catch them before they hit the tree. In the 13830 commits between 3.15 and 3.16, the script would have noticed 560 spelling mistakes. The top 25 are shown here: $ git log --pretty=oneline v3.15..v3.16 | wc -l 13830 $ git log --format='%H' v3.15..v3.16 | \ while read commit ; do \ echo "commit $commit" ; \ git log --format=email --stat -p -1 $commit | \ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --types=typo_spelling --no-summary - ; \ done | tee spell_v3.15..v3.16.txt | grep "may be misspelled" | \ awk '{print $2}' | tr A-Z a-z | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn 21 'seperate' 17 'endianess' 15 'sucess' 13 'noticable' 11 'occured' 11 'accomodate' 10 'interrup' 9 'prefered' 8 'unecessary' 8 'explicitely' 7 'supress' 7 'overriden' 7 'immediatly' 7 'funtion' 7 'defult' 7 'childs' 6 'succesful' 6 'splitted' 6 'specifc' 6 'reseting' 6 'recieve' 6 'changable' 5 'tmis' 5 'singed' 5 'preceeding' Thanks to Joe Perches for rewrites, suggestions, additional misspelling entries, and testing. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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