linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: improve operator spacing check

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Message-ID: <1428378769.20888.12.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Mon, 06 Apr 2015 20:52:49 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@....ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: improve operator spacing check

On Tue, 2015-04-07 at 13:36 +1000, Sam Bobroff wrote:
> Code such as:
>        x = timercmp(&now, &end, <);
> Will currently trigger a checkpatch error. e.g.
> ERROR: spaces required around that '<'
> 
> This is because the "Ignore operators passed as parameters" check
> looks only for a comma following the operator. Improve the check by
> also looking for a close parenthesis.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@....ibm.com>

Seems sensible, thanks.

> ---
> 
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index d124359..f65c4de 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3565,7 +3565,7 @@ sub process {
>  
>  				# Ignore operators passed as parameters.
>  				if ($op_type ne 'V' &&
> -				    $ca =~ /\s$/ && $cc =~ /^\s*,/) {
> +				    $ca =~ /\s$/ && $cc =~ /^\s*[,\)]/) {
>  
>  #				# Ignore comments
>  #				} elsif ($op =~ /^$;+$/) {



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