Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkpatch.pl: add missing memory barriers

[Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 22:45 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 08:07:40AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 13:36 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > SMP-only barriers were missing in checkpatch.pl
> > > 
> > > Refactor code slightly to make adding more variants easier.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 ++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > index 2b3c228..0245bbe 100755
> > > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > @@ -5116,7 +5116,14 @@ sub process {
> > >  			}
> > >  		}
> > >  # check for memory barriers without a comment.
> > > -		if ($line =~ /\b(mb|rmb|wmb|read_barrier_depends|smp_mb|smp_rmb|smp_wmb|smp_read_barrier_depends)\(/) {
> > > +
> > > +		my @barriers = ('mb', 'rmb', 'wmb', 'read_barrier_depends');
> > > +		my @smp_barriers = ('smp_store_release', 'smp_load_acquire', 'smp_store_mb');
> > > +
> > > +		@smp_barriers = (@smp_barriers, map {"smp_" . $_} @barriers);
> > 
> > I think using map, which so far checkpatch doesn't use,
> > makes smp_barriers harder to understand and it'd be
> > better to enumerate them.
> 
> Okay - I'll rewrite using foreach.
> 

I think using the qr form (like 'our $Attribute' and
a bunch of others) is the general style that should
be used for checkpatch.

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