linux-kernel - Re: scripts: checkpatch.pl & Lindent (minor complaint)

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Message-ID: <1384272557.5754.30.camel@dhcp-9-2-203-236.watson.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:09:17 -0500
From:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: scripts: checkpatch.pl & Lindent (minor complaint)

On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 07:44 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 09:42 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote: 
> > scripts/Lindent and scripts/checkpatch disagree whether the fields in a
> > statically initialized array should be blank separated.  
> > 
> > static struct ima_rule_entry default_rules[] = {
> >         {.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags = IMA_FSMAGIC},
> > 
> > Lindent adds a blank before '.fsmagic', which checkpatch then complains
> > about (eg. commit 75834fc3).
> 
> Perhaps I don't understand what you mean.

> Lindent _doesn't_add a blank and checkpatch
> seems to do the right thing here.

Sorry, my mistake.  It's the reverse.  Checkpatch complains about the
missing blank, which Lindent then removes.

#40: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:52:
+	{.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags =
IMA_FSMAGIC},

ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#40: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:52:
+	{.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags =
IMA_FSMAGIC},
 	                       ^
ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)

Mimi

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