linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: don't complain about "undocumented" USB VID

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Date:   Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:00:40 -0800
From:   Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: don't complain about "undocumented" USB VID

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 4:52 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 14:55 -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt describes the
> > 'usbVID,...' compatible format, where VID is hexadecimal, with leading
> > zeroes suppressed. Allow it here without complaining.
> []
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> > @@ -3012,6 +3012,8 @@ sub process {
> >                               }
> >
> >                               next if $compat !~ /^([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)\,/;
> > +                             # USB VIDs don't need special vendor prefix documentation.
> > +                             next if $compat =~ /^usb[1-9a-f][0-9a-f]{0,3},/;
>
> Maybe check the PID too?
>
>                                 next if $compat =~ /^usb[1-9a-f][0-9a-f]{0,3},[1-9a-f][0-9a-f]{0,3}\b/;

Ah, good point. I shouldn't be allowing, e.g.,
"usb123,something-that's-not-a-PID".

> Maybe add a test for uses of the leading 0?

I suppose that'd be good too. Would help catch problems with the PID,
at least. (VID problems would fall into the "invalid vendor prefix"
check that's already present.)

Thanks,
Brian