linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] checkpatch: ignore generated CamelCase defines and enum values

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Date:   Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:49:16 +0200
From:   Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Bartłomiej Żolnierkiewicz 
        <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: ignore generated CamelCase defines and enum
 values

Ignore autogenerated CamelCase-like defines and enum values like
DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown or ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Asym_Pause_BIT.

Syggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
---
Changes in v2
 - use a more general regexp suggested by Joe Perches

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index fab38b493cef..7e67d565e903 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5295,6 +5295,8 @@ sub process {
 #CamelCase
 			if ($var !~ /^$Constant$/ &&
 			    $var =~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/ &&
+#Ignore some autogenerated defines and enum values
+			    $var !~ /^(?:[A-Z]+_){1,5}[A-Z]{1,3}[a-z]/ &&
 #Ignore Page<foo> variants
 			    $var !~ /^(?:Clear|Set|TestClear|TestSet|)Page[A-Z]/ &&
 #Ignore SI style variants like nS, mV and dB
-- 
2.26.2