linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] teach checkpatch.pl about list_for

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Date:	Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:47:52 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] teach checkpatch.pl about list_for_each

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:03:35 +0100, Christer Weinigel said:

> WARNING: no space between function name and open parenthesis '('
> #520: FILE: drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx_dma.c:478:
> +       list_for_each_entry (transfer, &message->transfers, transfer_list) {
> 
> which I think is a bit bogus since it actually is a for statement in
> disguise.

That's how it's *implemented*.  I obviously studied too much Lisp as an
undergrad, I keep thinking of list_for_* helpers as functions that take a
lambda-expression as input. In which case, it's a function and no blank is used.

:)

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