On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 4:52 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 14:55 -0800, Brian Norris wrote: > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt describes the > > 'usbVID,...' compatible format, where VID is hexadecimal, with leading > > zeroes suppressed. Allow it here without complaining. > [] > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > [] > > @@ -3012,6 +3012,8 @@ sub process { > > } > > > > next if $compat !~ /^([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)\,/; > > + # USB VIDs don't need special vendor prefix documentation. > > + next if $compat =~ /^usb[1-9a-f][0-9a-f]{0,3},/; > > Maybe check the PID too? > > next if $compat =~ /^usb[1-9a-f][0-9a-f]{0,3},[1-9a-f][0-9a-f]{0,3}\b/; Ah, good point. I shouldn't be allowing, e.g., "usb123,something-that's-not-a-PID". > Maybe add a test for uses of the leading 0? I suppose that'd be good too. Would help catch problems with the PID, at least. (VID problems would fall into the "invalid vendor prefix" check that's already present.) Thanks, Brian