linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add some --strict coding style checks

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Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:38:05 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"andrei.emeltchenko.news@...il.com" 
	<andrei.emeltchenko.news@...il.com>,
	"linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add some --strict coding style checks

On 02/24/2012 08:37 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> Argument alignment across multiple lines should
> match the open parenthesis.
> 
> Logical continuations should be at the end of
> the previous line, not the start of a new line.
> 
> These are not required by CodingStyle so make the
> tests active only when using --strict.
> 
> Improved_by_examples_from: "Bruce W. Allen" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

Thanks Joe, this is very useful for me. I seem to have one false alarm
though:

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c:464: CHECK: Alignment should
match open parenthesis

This is with patches I haven't sent yet so line numbers most likely
don't match, but the code in question is this:

	if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long) skb->data - HTC_HDR_LENGTH, 4) &&
	    skb_cloned(skb)) {

Apparently the cast "(unsigned long)" causes the false alarm as when I
remove it I don't see the warning anymore.

Kalle
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