The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: externalize the structs that should be const
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-externalize-the-structs-that-should-be-const.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-externalize-the-structs-that-should-be-const.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-externalize-the-structs-that-should-be-const.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: externalize the structs that should be const
Make it easier to add new structs that should be const.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e5a8da43e7c11525bafbda1ca69a8323614dd942.1472664220.git.joe@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 64 ++++++++++-------------------
scripts/const_structs.checkpatch | 39 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-externalize-the-structs-that-should-be-const scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-externalize-the-structs-that-should-be-const
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ my $min_conf_desc_length = 4;
my $spelling_file = "$D/spelling.txt";
my $codespell = 0;
my $codespellfile = "/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
+my $conststructsfile = "$D/const_structs.checkpatch";
my $color = 1;
my $allow_c99_comments = 1;
@@ -624,6 +625,29 @@ if ($codespell) {
$misspellings = join("|", sort keys %spelling_fix) if keys %spelling_fix;
+my $const_structs = "";
+if (open(my $conststructs, '<', $conststructsfile)) {
+ while (<$conststructs>) {
+ my $line = $_;
+
+ $line =~ s/\s*\n?$//g;
+ $line =~ s/^\s*//g;
+
+ next if ($line =~ m/^\s*#/);
+ next if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/);
+ if ($line =~ /\s/) {
+ print("$conststructsfile: '$line' invalid - ignored\n");
+ next;
+ }
+
+ $const_structs .= '|' if ($const_structs ne "");
+ $const_structs .= $line;
+ }
+ close($conststructsfile);
+} else {
+ warn "No structs that should be const will be found - file '$conststructsfile': $!\n";
+}
+
sub build_types {
my $mods = "(?x: \n" . join("|\n ", (@modifierList, @modifierListFile)) . "\n)";
my $all = "(?x: \n" . join("|\n ", (@typeList, @typeListFile)) . "\n)";
@@ -5912,46 +5936,6 @@ sub process {
}
# check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
- my $const_structs = qr{
- acpi_dock_ops|
- address_space_operations|
- backlight_ops|
- block_device_operations|
- dentry_operations|
- dev_pm_ops|
- dma_map_ops|
- extent_io_ops|
- file_lock_operations|
- file_operations|
- hv_ops|
- ide_dma_ops|
- intel_dvo_dev_ops|
- item_operations|
- iwl_ops|
- kgdb_arch|
- kgdb_io|
- kset_uevent_ops|
- lock_manager_operations|
- microcode_ops|
- mtrr_ops|
- neigh_ops|
- nlmsvc_binding|
- of_device_id|
- pci_raw_ops|
- pipe_buf_operations|
- platform_hibernation_ops|
- platform_suspend_ops|
- proto_ops|
- rpc_pipe_ops|
- seq_operations|
- snd_ac97_build_ops|
- soc_pcmcia_socket_ops|
- stacktrace_ops|
- sysfs_ops|
- tty_operations|
- uart_ops|
- usb_mon_operations|
- wd_ops}x;
if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
$line =~ /\bstruct\s+($const_structs)\b/) {
WARN("CONST_STRUCT",
diff -puN /dev/null scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
--- /dev/null
+++ a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+acpi_dock_ops
+address_space_operations
+backlight_ops
+block_device_operations
+dentry_operations
+dev_pm_ops
+dma_map_ops
+extent_io_ops
+file_lock_operations
+file_operations
+hv_ops
+ide_dma_ops
+intel_dvo_dev_ops
+item_operations
+iwl_ops
+kgdb_arch
+kgdb_io
+kset_uevent_ops
+lock_manager_operations
+microcode_ops
+mtrr_ops
+neigh_ops
+nlmsvc_binding
+of_device_id
+pci_raw_ops
+pipe_buf_operations
+platform_hibernation_ops
+platform_suspend_ops
+proto_ops
+rpc_pipe_ops
+seq_operations
+snd_ac97_build_ops
+soc_pcmcia_socket_ops
+stacktrace_ops
+sysfs_ops
+tty_operations
+uart_ops
+usb_mon_operations
+wd_ops
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
wd719x-remove-last-declaration-using-define_pci_device_table.patch
treewide-remove-references-to-the-now-unnecessary-define_pci_device_table.patch
seq-proc-modify-seq_put_decimal_ll-to-take-a-const-char-not-char.patch
meminfo-break-apart-a-very-long-seq_printf-with-ifdefs.patch
spellingtxt-modeled-is-spelt-correctly.patch
checkpatch-see-if-modified-files-are-marked-obsolete-in-maintainers.patch
checkpatch-look-for-symbolic-permissions-and-suggest-octal-instead.patch
checkpatch-test-multiple-line-block-comment-alignment.patch
checkpatch-dont-test-for-prefer-ether_addr_foo.patch
checkpatch-externalize-the-structs-that-should-be-const.patch
const_structscheckpatch-add-frequently-used-from-julia-lawalls-list.patch
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