linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: Don't warn on bitfield spaces around :

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Message-Id: <ca5f8159ab8b0f66202b50be5fae07c185198ee4.1396302777.git.joe@perches.com>
Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:58:08 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: Don't warn on bitfield spaces around :

This test prevents code from being aligned around the :
for easy visual counting of bitfield lengths.

ie:
	int foo		: 1,
	int bar		: 2,
	int foobar	:29;

should be acceptable so remove the test.

Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index ac0169c..70c932b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3153,10 +3153,13 @@ sub process {
 				# // is a comment
 				} elsif ($op eq '//') {
 
+				#   :   when part of a bitfield
+				} elsif ($opv eq ':B') {
+					# skip the bitfield test for now
+
 				# No spaces for:
 				#   ->
-				#   :   when part of a bitfield
-				} elsif ($op eq '->' || $opv eq ':B') {
+				} elsif ($op eq '->') {
 					if ($ctx =~ /Wx.|.xW/) {
 						if (ERROR("SPACING",
 							  "spaces prohibited around that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
-- 
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty

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