The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: Handle FILE pointer type
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
checkpatch-handle-file-pointer-type.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/checkpatch-handle-file-pointer-type.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: Handle FILE pointer type
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 13:19:23 +0200
When using a "FILE *" type, checkpatch considers this an error:
ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
#32: FILE: f.c:8:
+static void a(FILE *const b)
^
Fix this by explicitly defining "FILE" as a common type. This is useful for
user space patches.
With this patch, we now get:
<E> <E> <_>WS( )
<E> <E> <_>IDENT(static)
<E> <V> <_>WS( )
<E> <V> <_>DECLARE(void )
<E> <T> <_>FUNC(a)
<E> <V> <V>PAREN('(')
<EV> <N> <_>DECLARE(FILE *const )
<EV> <T> <_>IDENT(b)
<EV> <V> <_>PAREN(')') -> V
<E> <V> <_>WS(
)
32 > . static void a(FILE *const b)
32 > EEVVVVVVVTTTTTVNTTTTTTTTTTTTVVV
32 > ______________________________
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220902111923.1488671-1-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220902111923.1488671-1-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-handle-file-pointer-type
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -576,10 +576,14 @@ our $typeKernelTypedefs = qr{(?x:
(?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
atomic_t
)};
+our $typeStdioTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+ FILE
+)};
our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
$typeC99Typedefs\b|
$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b|
- $typeKernelTypedefs\b
+ $typeKernelTypedefs\b|
+ $typeStdioTypedefs\b
)};
our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mic@xxxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-handle-file-pointer-type.patch
