linux-kernel - Re:+patch Why these dot chars in scripts/checkpatch.pl?

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:10:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Rogan Dawes <lists@...es.za.net>
cc:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re:+patch Why these dot chars in scripts/checkpatch.pl?


On Monday 2008-04-28 22:47, Rogan Dawes wrote:
> Paul Jackson wrote:
>> Andy,
>> 
>> Perhaps I'm loosing my magic regex pixie dust, but the dot '.' char
>> in the pattern "/^.#" in the following lines looks wrong to me, as if
>> one were trying to match pre-processor directives that were set in by
>> one character:
>
> Perhaps it is because checkpatch.pl is supposed to check *patches*, which are
> typically indented by one character (+- )?

Even so, the regexes are not entirely accurate.
Patch below.

===
commit e08a94e334d67ac5f2437c8aba4c6ffbb058d7db
Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Date:   Tue Apr 29 00:06:42 2008 +0200

checkpatch: fix recognition of preprocessor directives

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 58a9494..22df611 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -355,12 +355,12 @@ sub sanitise_line {
 	}
 
 	# The pathname on a #include may be surrounded by '<' and '>'.
-	if ($res =~ /^.#\s*include\s+\<(.*)\>/) {
+	if ($res =~ /^.\s*#\s*include\s+\<(.*)\>/) {
 		my $clean = 'X' x length($1);
 		$res =~ s@\<.*\>@<$clean>@;
 
 	# The whole of a #error is a string.
-	} elsif ($res =~ /^.#\s*(?:error|warning)\s+(.*)\b/) {
+	} elsif ($res =~ /^.\s*#\s*(?:error|warning)\s+(.*)\b/) {
 		my $clean = 'X' x length($1);
 		$res =~ s@(#\s*(?:error|warning)\s+).*@...clean@;
 	}
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # if/while/etc brace do not go on next line, unless defining a do while loop,
 # or if that brace on the next line is for something else
-		if ($line =~ /(.*)\b((?:if|while|for|switch)\s*\(|do\b|else\b)/ && $line !~ /^.#/) {
+		if ($line =~ /(.*)\b((?:if|while|for|switch)\s*\(|do\b|else\b)/ && $line !~ /^.\s*#/) {
 			my $pre_ctx = "$1$2";
 
 			my ($level, @ctx) = ctx_statement_level($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # warn about #if 0
-		if ($line =~ /^.#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
 			CHK("if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .
 				$herecurr);
 		}
@@ -1891,14 +1891,14 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # warn about #ifdefs in C files
-#		if ($line =~ /^.#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) {
+#		if ($line =~ /^.\s*#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) {
 #			print "#ifdef in C files should be avoided\n";
 #			print "$herecurr";
 #			$clean = 0;
 #		}
 
 # warn about spacing in #ifdefs
-		if ($line =~ /^.#\s*(ifdef|ifndef|elif)\s\s+/) {
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*#\s*(ifdef|ifndef|elif)\s\s+/) {
 			ERROR("exactly one space required after that #$1\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ sub process {
 # use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong
 # ignore definitions of NR_CPUS and usage to define arrays as likely right
 		if ($line =~ /\bNR_CPUS\b/ &&
-		    $line !~ /^.#\s*define\s+NR_CPUS\s+/ &&
+		    $line !~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+NR_CPUS\s+/ &&
 		    $line !~ /^.\s*$Declare\s.*\[[^\]]*NR_CPUS[^\]]*\]/)
 		{
 			WARN("usage of NR_CPUS is often wrong - consider using cpu_possible(), num_possible_cpus(), for_each_possible_cpu(), etc\n" . $herecurr);
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