The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: warn when missing newline in return sysfs_emit() formats
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
checkpatch-warn-when-missing-newline-in-return-sysfs_emit-formats.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: warn when missing newline in return sysfs_emit() formats
return sysfs_emit() uses should include a newline.
Suggest adding a newline when one is missing.
Add one using --fix too.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/aa1819fa5faf786573df298e5e2e7d357ba7d4ad.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-warn-when-missing-newline-in-return-sysfs_emit-formats
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -7198,6 +7198,17 @@ sub process {
"Using $1 should generally have parentheses around the comparison\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# return sysfs_emit(foo, fmt, ...) fmt without newline
+ if ($line =~ /\breturn\s+sysfs_emit\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*($String)/ &&
+ substr($rawline, $-[6], $+[6] - $-[6]) !~ /\\n"$/) {
+ my $offset = $+[6] - 1;
+ if (WARN("SYSFS_EMIT",
+ "return sysfs_emit(...) formats should include a terminating newline\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ substr($fixed[$fixlinenr], $offset, 0) = '\\n';
+ }
+ }
+
# nested likely/unlikely calls
if ($line =~ /\b(?:(?:un)?likely)\s*\(\s*!?\s*(IS_ERR(?:_OR_NULL|_VALUE)?|WARN)/) {
WARN("LIKELY_MISUSE",
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
