linux-kernel - RE: checkpatch.pl report about "Missing blank line after declarations" in a structure definition

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2014 15:31:50 +0000
From:	Dotan Barak <dotanb@...lanox.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: checkpatch.pl report about "Missing blank line after
 declarations" in a structure definition

(I guess I need to refresh my regular expression skills ...)

Thanks, this will be just great!
Dotan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@...ches.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 6:27 PM
> To: Dotan Barak
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl report about "Missing blank line after
> declarations" in a structure definition
> 
> On Mon, 2014-08-04 at 15:19 +0000, Dotan Barak wrote:
> > In our code (I take it as an example), we used
> > MLX5_DECLARE_DOORBELL_LOCK, So I guess that the regular expression
> > that you mentioned will fail on it (because the "_" is not allowed to be
> repeated).
> >
> > So, I would change it a little bit to allow people to use underscore as a word
> separator.
> []
> > > Maybe:
> > >
> > > (?:$Storage\s+)(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]+_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-
> > > 9]+){1,2}
> 
> What I suggested should allow any of:
> 
> 	DECLARE_FOO
> 	_FOO_DEFINE_BAR
> 	FOO_BAR_DEFINE_BAZ
> 	FOO_BAR_DECLARE_BAZ_QUX
> 
> where FOO/BAR/BAZ/QUX can also have digits

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