linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: exclude sizeof sub-expressions from MACRO_ARG

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Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 06:59:31 +0000
From:   Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@...wireless.co.uk>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: exclude sizeof sub-expressions from
 MACRO_ARG_REUSE

The arguments of sizeof are not evaluated so arguments are safe to
re-use in that context. Excludeing sizeof sub-expressions means
macros like ARRAY_SIZE can pass checkpatch.

Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@...wireless.co.uk>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 93a7edfe0f05..907a8e8d80ae 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5191,7 +5191,7 @@ sub process {
 			        next if ($arg =~ /\.\.\./);
 			        next if ($arg =~ /^type$/i);
 				my $tmp_stmt = $define_stmt;
-				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g;
+				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(sizeof|typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g;
 				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\#+\s*$arg\b//g;
 				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\s*\#\#//g;
 				my $use_cnt = () = $tmp_stmt =~ /\b$arg\b/g;
-- 
2.17.1