linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add a --strict test for structs with bool member definitions

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Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:39:50 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, yuankuiz@...eaurora.org,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add a --strict test for structs with bool
 member definitions

On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:19:54 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> A struct with a bool member can have different sizes on various
> architectures because neither bool size nor alignment is standardized.
> 
> So emit a message on the use of bool in structs only in .h files and
> not .c files.
> 
> There is the real possibility that this test could have a false positive
> when a bool is declared as an automatic, so limit the test to .h files
> where the only false positive is for declarations in static inline functions.

What's wrong with bools in structs?  The changelog should be
self-contained, please.  At least add a link in the changelog (of the
lkml.kernel.org/r/MSGID variety), but a link in the changelog is risky
because the reader may be offline or the server may be down.

> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -6257,6 +6257,13 @@ sub process {
>  			     "Avoid using bool as bitfield.  Prefer bool bitfields as unsigned int or u<8|16|32>\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}
>  
> +# check for bool use in .h files
> +		if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
> +		    $sline =~ /^.\s+bool\s*$Ident\s*(?::\s*d+\s*)?;/) {
> +			CHK("BOOL_MEMBER",
> +			    "Avoid using bool structure members because of possible alignment issues - see: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/21/384\n" . $herecurr);

And... the server is down.  Am unable to understand or review this patch!

> +		}
> +
>  # check for semaphores initialized locked
>  		if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) {
>  			WARN("CONSIDER_COMPLETION",