linux-kernel - Re: Checkpatch error on trace events macros

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:10:06 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc:	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Checkpatch error on trace events macros

On Tue, 2013-07-30 at 11:04 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> On 2013/7/30 10:36, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-07-30 at 10:06 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> >> On 2013/7/30 9:58, Joe Perches wrote:
> >>> So what are these TRACE_<FOO> defines that need
> >>> excluding from the "complex values" check?
> >>>
> >>> Anything other than 
> >>>
> >>> TRACE_SYSTEM
> >>> TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
> >>> TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
> >>>
> >>> ?
> >>>
> >>> samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
> >>> only has those 3.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Try:
> >>   # scripts/checkpatch.pl --file include/trace/events/*
> >>
> >> You'll see numerous errors. :)
> > 
> > Nope, you'll see numerous whitespace defects, but no
> > actual errors.
> > 
> > If you run with:
> > 
> > --ignore=spacing,long_line,code_indent,leading_space,printf_l,split_string,space_before_tab,trailing_whitespace,line_continuations
> > 
> 
> Serious? I'd just not run checkpatch.pl. ;)

Your choice.  It's all whitespace and %Lx stuff.
I think the reports are actual style defects.
The line continuations and split strings uses are
pretty poor there too.

> The "complex values" check complaints come from many places in include/trace/events/*,
> and I'm not going to check where and why.

Nor I.
You haven't answered my question either.


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/