linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkpatch: skip spacing tests on linker scripts

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Message-ID: <cabb80f84ee0c11aaa548e8ebc87da72883c5a21.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:01:05 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     jim.cromie@...il.com
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkpatch: skip spacing tests on linker scripts

On Tue, 2021-06-29 at 13:50 -0600, jim.cromie@...il.com wrote:
> this does 3 different things
> 
> - non-capturing matches  -  these add no functionality,

true, it's nominally a bit faster through.

> - moves the skip-remaining-tests check after SPDX
>    that feels like a legal Q: should it be on all files ?
>    moving it does seem proper though.

to me too.

> - adds the skip linker-script
>   since i went ahead and added it 3 times to see errs/warns
>   I didnt consider your precise placement,
>   how does it do with 18/8 errs/warnings on ref-test ?

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h --strict --terse
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:1: WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:43: WARNING: please, no space before tabs
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:101: CHECK: line length of 106 exceeds 100 columns
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:390: WARNING: please, no space before tabs
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:546: ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
total: 1 errors, 3 warnings, 1 checks, 1184 lines checked