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Message-ID: <20131202180147.GB31606@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:01:47 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>, Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>,
	'Greg Kroah-Hartman' <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	'Bjorn Helgaas' <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	'Andrew Morton' <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	'Andy Whitcroft' <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci/checkpatch: Deprecate DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE

On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 09:43:37AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Prefer use of the direct definition of struct pci_device_id

Add 'const' ?

> instead of indirection via macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE.
> 
> Update the PCI documentation to deprecate DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE.
> Update checkpatch adding --fix option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/PCI/pci.txt |  6 ++++--
>  include/linux/pci.h       |  3 +--
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl     | 11 +++++++----
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
> index 6f45856..9518006 100644
> --- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
> @@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver
>  
>  
>  The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
> -all-zero entry; use of the macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred
> -method of declaring the table.  Each entry consists of:
> +all-zero entry.  Definitions with static const are generally preferred.
> +Use of the deprecated macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE should be avoided.
> +
> +Each entry consists of:
>  
>  	vendor,device	Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID)
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
> index 1084a15..88674b0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pci.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pci.h
> @@ -634,8 +634,7 @@ struct pci_driver {
>   * DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE - macro used to describe a pci device table
>   * @_table: device table name
>   *
> - * This macro is used to create a struct pci_device_id array (a device table)
> - * in a generic manner.
> + * This macro is deprecated and should not be used in new code.
>   */
>  #define DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(_table) \
>  	const struct pci_device_id _table[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 38be5d5..6f883f0 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2643,10 +2643,13 @@ sub process {
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> -# check for declarations of struct pci_device_id
> -		if ($line =~ /\bstruct\s+pci_device_id\s+\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*\=\s*\{/) {
> -			WARN("DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE",
> -			     "Use DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE for struct pci_device_id\n" . $herecurr);
> +# check for uses of DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE
> +		if ($line =~ /\bDEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*=/) {
> +			if (WARN("DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE",
> +				 "Prefer struct pci_device_id over deprecated DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\n" . $herecurr) &&

Add 'const' ?

Guenter
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