From: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts
This check erroneously flags cases like the one in my recent printk
enumeration patch[0], where the spaces are syntactic, and `section:' vs.
`section :' is syntactically important:
ERROR: space prohibited before that ':' (ctx:WxW)
#258: FILE: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:314:
+ .printk_fmts : AT(ADDR(.printk_fmts) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
0: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1375749/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YBwhqsc2TIVeid3t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YB6UsjCOy1qrrlSD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-dont-warn-about-colon-termination-in-linker-scripts
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ sub process {
# A colon needs no spaces before when it is
# terminating a case value or a label.
} elsif ($opv eq ':C' || $opv eq ':L') {
- if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) {
+ if ($ctx =~ /Wx./ and $realfile !~ m@.*\.lds\.h$@) {
if (ERROR("SPACING",
"space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
$good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);
_
