linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v1] checkpatch: exclude four preprocessor sub-expressions from MACRO_ARG

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Message-ID: <1bbc36d5fbc74f11b2a1c0d3255bb3394a048a20.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:47:50 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v1] checkpatch: exclude four preprocessor
 sub-expressions from MACRO_ARG_REUSE

On Wed, 2021-04-07 at 19:50 +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> __must_be_array, offsetof, sizeof_field and __stringify are all
> preprocessor macros and do not evaluate their arguments. As such, it
> is safe not to warn when arguments are being reused in those four
> sub-expressions.
> 
> Exclude those so that they can pass checkpatch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>

Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index df8b23dc1eb0..25ee4fd5b118 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -5736,7 +5736,7 @@ sub process {
>  			        next if ($arg =~ /\.\.\./);
>  			        next if ($arg =~ /^type$/i);
>  				my $tmp_stmt = $define_stmt;
> -				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(sizeof|typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g;
> +				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(__must_be_array|offsetof|sizeof|sizeof_field|__stringify|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;