linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] checkpatch: unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:58:32 -0300
From:	"Geyslan G. Bem" <geyslan@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Robo Bot <apw@...onical.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] checkpatch: unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated

2015-12-10 8:24 GMT-03:00 Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@...il.com>:
> 2015-12-09 19:59 GMT-03:00 Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@...il.com>:
>>
>>
>> 2015-12-07 20:36 GMT-03:00 Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@...il.com>:
>>>
>>> 2015-12-07 20:06 GMT-03:00 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
>>> > On Mon, 2015-12-07 at 19:53 -0300, Geyslan G. Bem wrote:
>>> >> Hello,
>>> >
>>> > hello.
>>> >
>>> >> Follow checkpatch output using perl 5.22.0.
>>> >>
>>> >> geyslan@hb ~/Projects/linux $ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f
>>> >> drivers/usb/host/ehci-hub.c
>>> >> Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex;
>>> >> marked by <-- HERE in m/\((?^x:
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > No HERE here.  Are you using linux-next?
>>> Yep,
>>>
>>> geyslan@hb ~/Projects/linux $ git branch -a
>>> * (HEAD detached from linux-next/master)
>>> ...
>>>
>>> geyslan@hb ~/Projects/linux $ git remote update
>>> Fetching linux
>>> Fetching linux-next
>>> Fetching linux-staging
>>>
>>> >
>>> > There have been patches applied for this warning already.
>>> >
>>> > see:
>>> >
>>> > commit 4e5d56bdf892e18832a6540b63ebf709966bce2a
>>> > Author: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@...ovsky.org>
>>> > Date:   Wed Sep 9 15:37:52 2015 -0700
>>> >
>>> >     checkpatch: fix left brace warning
>>> >
>>> >     Using checkpatch.pl with Perl 5.22.0 generates the following
>>> > warning:
>>> >
>>> >         Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in
>>> > regex;
>>> >  5.
>>>
>>> Indeed. But here the error continues.
>>>
>>> geyslan@hb ~/Projects/linux $ git log 4e5d56bdf892e -1
>>> commit 4e5d56bdf892e18832a6540b63ebf709966bce2a
>>> Author: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@...ovsky.org>
>>> Date:   Wed Sep 9 15:37:52 2015 -0700
>>>
>>>     checkpatch: fix left brace warning
>>>
>>>     Using checkpatch.pl with Perl 5.22.0 generates the following warning:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> geyslan@hb ~/Projects/linux $ git blame scripts/checkpatch.pl | grep
>>> 4e5d56b
>>> 3599:4e5d56bdf89 (Eddie Kovsky          2015-09-09 15:37:52 -0700
>>> 3599)         !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s\{/) and !($line=~/}/)) {
>>> 4111:4e5d56bdf89 (Eddie Kovsky          2015-09-09 15:37:52 -0700
>>> 4111)     if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) ||
>>> 4112:4e5d56bdf89 (Eddie Kovsky          2015-09-09 15:37:52 -0700
>>> 4112)         $line =~ /do\{/) {
>>> 4589:4e5d56bdf89 (Eddie Kovsky          2015-09-09 15:37:52 -0700
>>> 4589)         $dstat !~ /^\(\{/ &&                        # ({...
>>>
>>> It missed some regexes, maybe?
>>
>>
>> Joe, I found the culprit (copy & paste, tabs not preserved):
>>
>> geyslan@hb ~/Projects/linux $ git diff
>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> index d4960f7..3e11a30 100755
>> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> @@ -4108,7 +4108,7 @@ sub process {
>>  ##             }
>>
>>  #need space before brace following if, while, etc
>> -               if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) ||
>> +               if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\)\{/) ||
>>                     $line =~ /do\{/) {
>>                         if (ERROR("SPACING",
>>                                   "space required before the open brace
>> '{'\n" . $herecurr) &&
>>
> Suggested-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@...il.com>
>

Joe, do you applied this patch? If not, would I send it?

Tks.

>>
>>
>> Do you think that these could be other not treated cases?
>>
>> geyslan@hb ~/Projects/linux $ grep "{/" scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> 1233:    $stmt =~ s/^\s*{//;
>> 3109:            if ($ctx !~ /{\s*/ && defined($lines[$ctx_ln - 1]) &&
>> $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*{/) {
>> 3160:            $s =~ s/^\s*{//;
>> 3266:        if ($line =~ /^.\s*{/ &&
>> 3274:                $fixedline =~ s/\s*=\s*$/ = {/;
>> 3289:            if ($path =~ m{//}) {
>> 3300:        if ($line =~ m{//}) {
>> 3412:        if ($line =~
>> /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) {
>> 3598:        if (($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\).*\s*{/) and
>> 3599:            !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s\{/) and !($line=~/}/)) {
>> 3617:        if ($line =~ /^.\s*{/ &&
>> 4111:        if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\)\{/) ||
>> 4112:            $line =~ /do\{/) {
>> 4116:                $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*(?:do|\))){/$1 {/;
>> 4588:                $dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ &&                    # do {...
>> 4589:                $dstat !~ /^\(\{/ &&                        # ({...
>> 4726:                    $seen++ if ($block =~ /^\s*{/);
>> 4796:                if ($block =~ /^\s*\{/) {
>> 4801:            if ($level == 0 && $block =~ /^\s*\{/ && !$allowed) {
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Geyslan G. Bem
>>> hackingbits.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Geyslan G. Bem
>> hackingbits.com
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Geyslan G. Bem
> hackingbits.com



-- 
Regards,

Geyslan G. Bem
hackingbits.com
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