kernel/linux.git/scripts/checkpatch.pl, branch v4.14.200

checkpatch: fix the usage of capture group ( ... )

2020-09-09T17:03:13+00:00

commit 13e45417cedbfc44b1926124b1846f5ee8c6ba4a upstream. The usage of "capture group (...)" in the immediate condition after `&&` results in `$1` being uninitialized. This issues a warning "Use of uninitialized value $1 in regexp compilation at ./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 2638". I noticed this bug while running checkpatch on the set of commits from v5.7 to v5.8-rc1 of the kernel on the commits with a diff content in their commit message. This bug was introduced in the script by commit e518e9a59ec3 ("checkpatch: emit an error when there's a diff in a changelog"). It has been in the script since then. The author intended to store the match made by capture group in variable `$1`. This should have contained the name of the file as `[\w/]+` matched. However, this couldn't be accomplished due to usage of capture group and `$1` in the same regular expression. Fix this by placing the capture group in the condition before `&&`. Thus, `$1` can be initialized to the text that capture group matches thereby setting it to the desired and required value. Fixes: e518e9a59ec3 ("checkpatch: emit an error when there's a diff in a changelog") Signed-off-by: Mrinal Pandey Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Tested-by: Lukas Bulwahn Reviewed-by: Lukas Bulwahn Cc: Joe Perches Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200714032352.f476hanaj2dlmiot@mrinalpandey Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

checkpatch: fix ignoring cover-letter logic

2017-10-04T00:54:26+00:00

Currently running checkpatch on a directory with a cover-letter.patch file reports the following error: ----------------------------------------- patches/smp-v2/v2-0000-cover-letter.patch ----------------------------------------- ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch The logic to suppress the unified-diff check for cover letters is there but is checking $file instead of $filename. Fix the variable to use the correct one. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170909090406.31523-1-shorne@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: add 6 missing types to --list-types

2017-09-09T01:26:50+00:00

Unlike all other types, LONG_LINE, LONG_LINE_COMMENT and LONG_LINE_STRING are passed to WARN() through a variable. This causes the parser in list_types() to miss them and consequently they are not present in the output of --list-types. Additionally, types TYPO_SPELLING, FSF_MAILING_ADDRESS and AVOID_BUG are passed with a variable level, causing the parser to miss them too. So modify the regex to also catch these special cases. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170902175610.7e4a7c9d@endymion Fixes: 3beb42eced39 ("checkpatch: add --list-types to show message types to show or ignore") Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: rename variables to avoid confusion

2017-09-09T01:26:50+00:00

The variable name "$msg_type" is sometimes used to set the message type, and sometimes used to set the message level. This works but is kind of confusing. Use "$msg_level" in the latter case instead, to make the code clearer. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170902175345.175db33a@endymion Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: fix typo in comment

2017-09-09T01:26:50+00:00

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170902175249.15bb77f2@endymion Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: add --strict check for ifs with unnecessary parentheses

2017-09-09T01:26:50+00:00

An if statement test like if ((foo == bar) && (baz != qux)) can arguably be better written without the parentheses as if (foo == bar && baz != qux) Add a test to find these cases. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/dcd0561ddd0fa43c51a420d53b550d738bf42001.1502734458.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: improve the STORAGE_CLASS test

2017-07-12T23:26:04+00:00

Make sure static, extern, and asmlinkage appear before a specific type. e.g.: int asmlinkage foo(void) is better written asmlinkage int foo(void) Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/31704c96df2d5fd9df0b41165940a7a4feb16a63.1499284835.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: improve multi-line alignment test

2017-07-10T23:32:35+00:00

The current test fails to warn about improper alignment with code like foo->bar = func(arg1, arg2); because foo->bar is not a single identifier. Convert the $Ident to $Lval which allows for multiple dereferences. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/01c35b9b6a12a415e57746d45d589bfaad39952a.1498841563.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: improve macro reuse test

2017-07-10T23:32:35+00:00

checkpatch reports a false positive when using token pasting argument multiple times in a macro. Fix it. Miscellanea: o Make the $tmp variable name used in the macro argument tests a bit more descriptive Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cf434ae7602838388c7cb49d42bca93ab88527e7.1498483044.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reported-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: change format of --color argument to --color[=WHEN]

2017-07-10T23:32:35+00:00

The boolean --color argument did not offer the ability to force colourized output even if stdout is not a terminal. Change the format of the argument to the familiar --color[=WHEN] construct as seen in common Linux utilities such as git, ls and dmesg, which allows the user to specify whether to colourize output "always", "never", or "auto" when the output is a terminal. The default is "auto". The old command-line uses of --color and --no-color are unchanged. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/efe43bdbad400f39ba691ae663044462493b0773.1496799721.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: John Brooks Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds