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authorStanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>2022-10-27 15:43:34 +0200
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2022-11-18 13:55:08 -0800
commitdc3f4dee81cd85b039d07b8d75cfbae4668a15d2 (patch)
tree362527033873bef3d20571dafdf690904d7d33d8 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent5cc81d5c81af0dee54da9a67a3ebe4be076a13db (diff)
downloadlinux-dc3f4dee81cd85b039d07b8d75cfbae4668a15d2.tar.bz2
scripts: checkpatch: allow "case" macros
Do not report errors like below: ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses +#define C2S(x) case x: return #x since many "case ..." macros are already used by some in-kernel drivers. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221027134334.164301-1-stf_xl@wp.pl Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bd1b9d7a1647..29517897baa1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5918,6 +5918,7 @@ sub process {
$dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
$dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ && # .foo =
$dstat !~ /^(?:\#\s*$Ident|\#\s*$Constant)\s*$/ && # stringification #foo
+ $dstat !~ /^case\b/ && # case ...
$dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ && # do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)
$dstat !~ /^while\s*$Constant\s*$Constant\s*$/ && # while (...) {...}
$dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ && # for (...)