linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: add MA_STATE to declaration

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Message-ID: <20251108234725.1650246-1-jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Date: Sat,  8 Nov 2025 16:47:24 -0700
From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: akpm@...uxfoundation.org,
	Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>,
	kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: add MA_STATE to declaration_macros

MA_STATE is used repeatedly as a declaration, add it to the list.

I left out the $Storage regex component, since I saw no cases wanting
it, via: $> grep -r -B1 '\bMA_STATE' .

This change fixes the following, reproduced locally.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511071306.OJpTf7fK-lkp@intel.com/

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e722dd6fa8ef..4b5e2e64dece 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1096,7 +1096,8 @@ our $declaration_macros = qr{(?x:
 	(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,6}\s*\(|
 	(?:$Storage\s+)?[HLP]?LIST_HEAD\s*\(|
 	(?:SKCIPHER_REQUEST|SHASH_DESC|AHASH_REQUEST)_ON_STACK\s*\(|
-	(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:XA_STATE|XA_STATE_ORDER)\s*\(
+	(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:XA_STATE|XA_STATE_ORDER)\s*\(|
+	(?:MA_STATE)\s*\(
 )};
 
 our %allow_repeated_words = (
-- 
2.51.1