The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: fix multiple const * types
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-fix-multiple-const-types.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-multiple-const-types.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-multiple-const-types.patch
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From: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: fix multiple const * types
Commit 1574a29f8e76 ("checkpatch: allow multiple const * types") claims to
support repetition of pattern "const *", but it actually allows only one
extra instance.
Check the following lines
int a(char const * const x[]);
int b(char const * const *x);
int c(char const * const * const x[]);
int d(char const * const * const *x);
with command
./scripts/checkpatch.pl --show-types -f filename
to find that only the first line passes the test, while a warning
is triggered by the other 3 lines:
WARNING:FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS: function definition argument
'char const * const' should also have an identifier name
The reason is that the pattern match halts at the second asterisk in the
line, thus the remaining text starting with asterisk fails to match a
valid name for a variable.
Fixed by replacing "?" (Match 1 or 0 times) with "{0,4}" (Match no more
than 4 times) in the regular expression. Fix also the similar test for
types in unusual order.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200122163852.124417-1-borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 1574a29f8e76 ("checkpatch: allow multiple const * types")
Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-multiple-const-types
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -818,12 +818,12 @@ sub build_types {
}x;
$Type = qr{
$NonptrType
- (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
+ (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+){0,4}
(?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
}x;
$TypeMisordered = qr{
$NonptrTypeMisordered
- (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
+ (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+){0,4}
(?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
}x;
$Declare = qr{(?:$Storage\s+(?:$Inline\s+)?)?$Type};
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-fix-minor-typo-and-mixed-spacetab-in-indentation.patch
checkpatch-fix-multiple-const-types.patch
checkpatch-add-command-line-option-for-tab-size.patch
