BPF programs explicitly initialise global variables to 0 to make sure
clang (v10 or older) do not put the variables in the common section.
Skip "initialise globals to 0" check for BPF programs to elimiate error
messages like:
ERROR: do not initialise globals to 0
#19: FILE: samples/bpf/tracex1_kern.c:21:
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1afe3af1cc097..24d1856187651 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4323,7 +4323,11 @@ sub process {
}
# check for global initialisers.
- if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) {
+# Do not apply to BPF programs (tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/*.c, samples/bpf/*_kern.c, *.bpf.c).
+ if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/ &&
+ $realfile !~ /^tools\/testing\/selftests\/bpf\/progs\/.*\.c/ &&
+ $realfile !~ /^samples\/bpf\/.*_kern.c/ &&
+ $realfile !~ /.bpf.c$/) {
if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS",
"do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
--
2.24.1
