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Date:	Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:15:52 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu] RCU whitespace fixes

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 09:05:52AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > Fix a number of whitespace ^Ierrors in the include/linux/rcu* and the 
> > kernel/rcu* files.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> > 
> >  include/linux/rculist_nulls.h |    2 +-
> >  include/linux/rcupdate.h      |    6 +++---
> >  include/linux/rcutree.h       |    2 +-
> >  kernel/rcupdate.c             |    4 ++--
> >  kernel/rcutorture.c           |    4 ++--
> >  kernel/rcutree.c              |    2 +-
> >  kernel/rcutree.h              |    2 +-
> >  kernel/rcutree_plugin.h       |    4 ++--
> >  kernel/rcutree_trace.c        |    2 +-
> >  9 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> thanks Paul - i also did a few more checkpatch trivial fixes to create a 
> clean baseline.

Many thanks!!!

And I have added --patch to my "git format-patch script".

> Here's a full list of the remaining 'problems' in kernel/rcu*.[ch] files 
> checked via checkpatch --file kernel/rcu*.[ch] , with annotations by me 
> that suggest resolutions:

Thank you for looking this over -- I clearly need to get checkpatch
back into my workflow.  :-/

I will resolve these after I finish getting rcutiny forward-ported and
shrunk a bit further.  The rcutiny work is critically needed to repair
a rent in the space-time continuum...  :-)

							Thanx, Paul

> [ Andy: see one checkpatch bug mentioned below. Plus it would be 
>   _really_ nice if line 80 warnings would only be emitted if the line 
>   also contains 2 or more tabs - i.e. excessive nesting. Longer than 100 
>   lines should be warned about unconditionally. ]
> 
> -----------------------
> WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files
> #262: FILE: rcupdate.c:262:
> +extern int rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
> 
> -----------------------> Move rcu_cpu_notify() prototype to rcutree.h?
> 
> WARNING: line over 80 characters
> #87: FILE: rcutorture.c:87:
> +	do { printk(KERN_ALERT "%s" TORTURE_FLAG s "\n", torture_type); } while (0)
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: line over 80 characters
> #89: FILE: rcutorture.c:89:
> +	do { if (verbose) printk(KERN_ALERT "%s" TORTURE_FLAG s "\n", torture_type); } while (0)
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: line over 80 characters
> #91: FILE: rcutorture.c:91:
> +	do { if (verbose) printk(KERN_ALERT "%s" TORTURE_FLAG "!!! " s "\n", torture_type); } while (0)
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: line over 80 characters
> #247: FILE: rcutorture.c:247:
> +			schedule_timeout_interruptible(round_jiffies_relative(HZ));
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files
> #609: FILE: rcutorture.c:609:
> +extern int rcu_expedited_torture_stats(char *page);
> 
> -----------------------> Move rcu_expedited_torture_stats() prototype to sched.h?
> 
> CHECK: memory barrier without comment
> #653: FILE: rcutorture.c:653:
> +		smp_wmb();
> 
> -----------------------> Add comment?
> 
> WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable
> #56: FILE: rcutree.c:56:
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_lock_map);
> 
> -----------------------> checkpatch.pl bug?
> 
> WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files
> #84: FILE: rcutree.c:84:
> +extern long rcu_batches_completed_sched(void);
> 
> -----------------------> Move rcu_batches_completed_sched() to sched.h?
> 
> WARNING: usage of NR_CPUS is often wrong - consider using cpu_possible(), num_possible_cpus(), for_each_possible_cpu(), etc
> #1498: FILE: rcutree.c:1498:
> +	cprv = NR_CPUS;
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: usage of NR_CPUS is often wrong - consider using cpu_possible(), num_possible_cpus(), for_each_possible_cpu(), etc
> #1535: FILE: rcutree.c:1535:
> +			if (rnp->grphi >= NR_CPUS)
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: usage of NR_CPUS is often wrong - consider using cpu_possible(), num_possible_cpus(), for_each_possible_cpu(), etc
> #1536: FILE: rcutree.c:1536:
> +				rnp->grphi = NR_CPUS - 1;
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: usage of NR_CPUS is often wrong - consider using cpu_possible(), num_possible_cpus(), for_each_possible_cpu(), etc
> #48: FILE: rcutree.h:48:
> +#elif NR_CPUS <= RCU_FANOUT_SQ
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> WARNING: usage of NR_CPUS is often wrong - consider using cpu_possible(), num_possible_cpus(), for_each_possible_cpu(), etc
> #54: FILE: rcutree.h:54:
> +#elif NR_CPUS <= RCU_FANOUT_CUBE
> 
> -----------------------> Ignore.
> 
> CHECK: spinlock_t definition without comment
> #82: FILE: rcutree.h:82:
> +	spinlock_t lock;
> 
> -----------------------> Add comment?
> 
> WARNING: struct file_operations should normally be const
> #96: FILE: rcutree_trace.c:96:
> +static struct file_operations rcudata_fops = {
> 
> -----------------------> Add const?
> 
> WARNING: struct file_operations should normally be const
> #148: FILE: rcutree_trace.c:148:
> +static struct file_operations rcudata_csv_fops = {
> 
> -----------------------> Add const?
> 
> ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
> #162: FILE: rcutree_trace.c:162:
> +^I              "nfqs=%lu/nfqsng=%lu(%lu) fqlh=%lu\n",$
> 
> -----------------------> s/        /^T/
> 
> WARNING: struct file_operations should normally be const
> #199: FILE: rcutree_trace.c:199:
> +static struct file_operations rcuhier_fops = {
> 
> -----------------------> Add const?
> 
> WARNING: struct file_operations should normally be const
> #225: FILE: rcutree_trace.c:225:
> +static struct file_operations rcugp_fops = {
> 
> -----------------------> Add const?
> 
> WARNING: struct file_operations should normally be const
> #279: FILE: rcutree_trace.c:279:
> +static struct file_operations rcu_pending_fops = {
> 
> -----------------------> Add const?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo
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