linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts:checkpatch - correct the error message during check

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Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:56:22 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	shailendra.v@...sung.com
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts:checkpatch - correct the error message during
 check

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 04:55:04PM +0530, shailendra.v@...sung.com wrote:
> From: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@...sung.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@...sung.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index c5ec977..b2436d3 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3169,21 +3169,21 @@ sub process {
>  		}
>  
>  # check for global initialisers.
> -		if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*(?:0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
> +		if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*(0x0|0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
>  			if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS",
> -				  "do not initialise globals to 0 or NULL\n" .
> +				  "do not initialise globals to $1\n" .
>  				      $herecurr) &&
>  			    $fix) {
> -				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
> +				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*)\s*=\s*(0x0|0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
>  			}
>  		}
>  # check for static initialisers.
> -		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
> +		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0x0|0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
>  			if (ERROR("INITIALISED_STATIC",
> -				  "do not initialise statics to 0 or NULL\n" .
> +				  "do not initialise statics to $1\n" .
>  				      $herecurr) &&
>  			    $fix) {
> -				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
> +				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*(0x0|0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
>  			}
>  		}

I guess that looks ok.  Joe you don't know of anyone relying on the form
of the error do you (I do not)?

-apw
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