linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR

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Message-ID: <1505339903.8969.20.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:58:23 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        daniel.baluta@...il.com, Himanshi Jain <himshijain.hj@...il.com>,
        Michael.Hennerich@...log.com, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nick.desaulniers@...il.com,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, pmeerw@...erw.net,
        knaack.h@....de, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] include: linux: sysfs: Add __ATTR_NAMED macro

On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 00:43 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> He was exagerating a bit to call it a "static checker" warning...

Not really.

False positives and false negatives exist in just about
every static
checker.

> It's just checkpatch.pl complaining about adding spaces around the -
> operator.

checkpatch is a brain-damaged by design static checker.
regexes can only be sensitive to patterns, not compiled code.

> The sysfs file has a hyphen in the middle.

Another option would be to use an underscore instead.