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Andy Whitcroft 9c9ba34ee3 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.18
This version brings a few fixes for the extern checks, and a couple of
new checks.

Of note:
 - false is now recognised as a 0 assignment in static/external
   assignments,
 - printf format strings including %L are reported,
 - a number of fixes for the extern in .c file detector which had
   temporarily lost its ability to detect variables; undetected due to
   the loss of its test.

Andy Whitcroft (8):
      Version: 0.18
      false should trip 0 assignment checks
      tests: reinstate missing tests
      tests: allow specification of the file extension for a test
      fix extern checks for variables
      check for and report %Lu, %Ld, and %Li
      ensure we only start a statement on lines with some content
      extern spacing

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 171ae1a491 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.17
This version brings improvements to external declaration detection, fixes to
quote tracking, fixes to unary tracking, some clarification of wording, and
the usual slew of fixes for false positives.

Of note:
 - much better unary tracking across preprocessor directives
 - UTF8 checks highlight the character at fault
 - widening of mutex detection

Andy Whitcroft (17):
      Version: 0.17
      values: __attribute__ carries through the previous type
      quotes: should only follow "positive" lines
      clarify the indent tabs over spaces wording
      loosen NR_CPUS check for array range initialisers
      detect external function declarations without an extern prefix
      function declaration arguments should be with the identifier
      DEFINE_MUTEX should report in line with struct mutex
      NR_CPUS is valid in preprocessor statements
      comment detection should not start on the @@ line
      types: add support for #undef
      tighten mutex/completion reports to usage
      allow export of function pointers
      values: preprocessor #define is out of line maintain values
      values: #define does not always have parentheses
      unary '*' may be const
      utf8 checks should report location of the invalid character

Wolfram Sang (1):
      make checkpatch.pl really skip <asm/irq.h>

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman c2010a3b9e checkpatch: usb_free_urb() can take NULL
usb_free_urb() can take a NULL, so let's check and warn about that.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-04-24 21:16:33 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 773647a09a update checkpatch.pl to version 0.16
This version brings proper quote tracking across lines, and brings the
handling of comments into the same mechanism ensuring nesting is correctly
handled.  It brings the usual flurry of fixes for false positives.  It also
brings a number of new checks.  The most contentious change will likely be
the checks for NR_CPUS as this throws some new warnings in kernel/sched.c.

Of note:
 - all new quote tracking across lines
 - all new comment tracking
 - new more direct, less ambigious wording for some warnings
 - recommends mutexes and completions over semaphores
 - recommends strict_strto* over simple_strto*
 - report on direct use of NR_CPUS

Andy Whitcroft (22):
      Version: 0.16
      string quote tracking should cross line boundaries
      check spacing round -> correctly across newlines
      checks for linux/ against asm/ include files should be warnings
      standardise on 'required' and 'prohibited'
      take the first end of condition when parsing statements
      values: cope with unbalanced brackets
      preprocessor #elif is not a function
      preprocessor #if should not trigger trailing statement checks
      test: allow us to limit output to a single error
      recommend real mutexes over semaphores
      asm checks should mirror those for __asm__
      warn on semaphores being used in place of completions
      trailing ; on control structure should ignore do {} while ();
      recommend strict_strtoX over simple_strtoX
      redo comment handling as a quote type
      use of NR_CPUS is normally wrong
      consistant spacing should only be about spaces
      if brace check suppression should only apply to the top-levels
      use tr/// to align spacing for operators
      move to using four parameter form of substr
      check and report modifications to include/asm

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-28 14:45:22 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft cf655043d4 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.15
This version brings a number of minor fixes updating the type detector and
the unary tracker.  It also brings a few small fixes for false positives.
It also reverts the --file warning.  Of note:

 - limit CVS checks to added lines
 - improved type detections
 - fixes to the unary tracker

Andy Whitcroft (13):
      Version: 0.15
      EXPORT_SYMBOL checks need to accept array variables
      export checks must match DECLARE_foo and LIST_HEAD
      possible types: cleanup debugging missing line
      values: track values through preprocessor conditional paths
      typeof is actually a type
      possible types: detect definitions which cross lines
      values: include line numbers on value debug information
      values: ensure we find correctly record pending brackets
      values: simplify the brace history stack
      CVS keyword checks should only apply to added lines
      loosen spacing for comments
      allow braces for single statement blocks with multiline conditionals

Harvey Harrison (1):
      checkpatch: remove fastcall

Ingo Molnar (1):
      checkpatch.pl: revert wrong --file message

Uwe Kleine-Koenig (1):
      fix typo "goot" -> "good"

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-04 16:35:09 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 13214adf73 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.14
This version brings the remainder of the queued fixes.  A number of fixes
for items missed reported by Andrew Morton and others.  Also a handful
of new checks and fixes for false positives.  Of note:

 - new warning associated with --file to try and avoid cleanup only patches,
 - corrected handling of completly empty files,
 - corrected report handling with multiple files,
 - handling of possible types in the face of multiple declarations,
 - detection of unnessary braces on complex if statements (where present), and
 - all new comment spacing handling.

Andi Kleen (1):
      Introduce a warning when --file mode is used

Andy Whitcroft (14):
      Version: 0.14
      clean up some space violations in checkpatch.pl
      a completly empty file should not provoke a whinge
      reset report lines buffers between files
      unary ++/-- may abutt close braces
      __typeof__ is also unary
      comments: revamp comment handling
      add --summary-file option adding filename to summary line
      trailing backslashes are not trailing statements
      handle operators passed as parameters such as to ASSERTCMP
      possible types -- enhance debugging
      check for boolean operations with constants
      possible types: handle multiple declarations
      detect and report if statements where all branches are single statements

Arjan van de Ven (1):
      quiet option should not print the summary on no errors

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (1):
      warn about using __FUNCTION__

Timur Tabi (1):
      loosen spacing checks for __asm__

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-08 09:22:42 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft c2fdda0dfb update checkpatch.pl to version 0.13
This version brings a large number of fixes which have built up over
the Christmas period.  Mostly these are fixes for false positives, both
through improvments to unary checks and possible type detection.  It
also brings new checks for while location and CVS keywords.  Of note:

  - a number of fixes to unary detection
  - detection of a number of new forms of types to improve type matching
  - better inline handling
  - recognision of '%' as an operator

Andy Whitcroft (28):
      Version: 0.13
      unary detection: maintain bracket state across lines
      move to pre-sanitising the entire file
      the text of a #error statement should be treated like it is in quotes
      line sanitisation needs to target double backslash correctly
      tighten comment guestimation for lines starting ' * '
      debug: add a debug framework
      prevent unclosed single quotes from spreading
      add % as an operator
      the text of a #warning statement should be treated like it is in quotes
      possible matching applies in typedefs
      single statement block checks must not trigger when two or more statements
      possible types: local variables may also be const
      treat inline as a type attribute to even when out of place
      possible types: sparse annotations are valid indicators
      possible types: beef up the possible type testing
      check for hanging while statements on the wrong line
      utf8 checks need to occur against the raw lines
      function brace checks should use any whitespece matches
      comments should take up space in the line when sanitised
      remove debugging from if assignment checks
      possible types -- ensure we detect all pointer casts
      fix tests for function spacing in the presence of #define
      clean up the UTF-8 error message to be clearer
      test-lib: invert the status report, output success counts
      detect and report CVS keywords
      tests: break out tests
      Add $Id$ to the CVS keyword checks

Benny Halevy (1):
      checkpatch.pl: recognize the #elif preprocessor directive

Geert Uytterhoeven (1):
      print the filenames of patches where available

Mauro Carvalho Chehab (1):
      Fix missing \n in checkpatch.pl

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-08 09:22:36 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 8905a67c63 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.12
This version brings a new terse output mode as well as many improvements to
the unary detection and bare type regcognition.  It also brings the usual
updates for false positives, though these seem to be slowing markedly
now that the unary detector is no longer just putting its finger in the
air and guessing.  Of note:

  - new --terse mode producing a single line per report
  - loosening of the block brace checks
  - new checks for enum/union/struch brace placements
  - hugely expanded "bare type" detection
  - checks for inline usage
  - better handling of already open comment blocks
  - handle patches which introduce or remove lines without newlines

Andy Whitcroft (19):
      Version: 0.12
      style fixes as spotted by checkpatch
      add a --terse options of a single line of output per report
      block brace checks should only apply for single line blocks
      all new bare type detector
      check spacing for open braces with enum, union and struct
      check for LINUX_VERSION_CODE
      macros definition bracketing checks need to ignore -ve context
      clean up the mail-back mode, -q et al
      expand possible type matching to declarations
      allow const and sparse annotations on possible types
      handle possible types as regular types everywhere
      prefer plain inline over __inline__ and __inline
      all new open comment detection
      fix up conditional extraction for if assignment checks
      add const to the possible type matcher
      unary checks: a for loop is a conditional too
      possible types: detect function pointer definitions
      handle missind newlines at end of file, report addition

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-29 09:24:51 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 6c72ffaab9 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.11
This version brings a more cautious checkpatch.pl by default.  The more
subjective checks are only applied with the --strict option.  It also
brings the usual slew of corrections for false positives.  Of note:

  - new tree detection, the source tree will be found via the executable
  - a major revamp of the unary detection to make it more parser like
  - a new summary at the bottom of the report
  - --strict option for subjective checks
  - --file to enable checking on complete files
  - support for use in emacs "compile" window

Andy Whitcroft (27):
      Version: 0.11
      fix up cat_vet for the case where there are no control characters
      any cast to a pointer introduces a type
      cpp unary operator detection needs to float
      attributes are also valid in type definitions
      sizeof may be a bareword and makes its argument unary
      unary checks for #ifdef et al need to find end of line
      add new --file mode to handle raw source files
      add --strict/--subjective which enables the subjective tests
      add some additional standard type suffixes
      cpp #elif is also a unary prefix
      case is not a function name
      widen asm volatile exceptions
      __kprobes is a type attribute
      typeof is a unary operator
      function open parenthesis checks should check all occurances
      expand sizeof() binary exceptions
      linux/irq.h should not be recommended
      work harder to find the kernel root and add --root=
      fix --emacs mode line numbers and string concatenation warnings
      add a summary to the bottom of the main report
      loosen assignment in if checks
      update operator spacing to maintain tabs in output
      revamp unary detection
      corruption/line wrapped patches need only reporting once
      revamp s/u/be/le 8/16/32/64 bit types
      handle missing ,1 in uni-diff header

Mike D. Day (2):
      Adds support to checkpatch.pl for running in the emacs compile window.
      checkpatch: Fix line number reporting

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-18 14:37:21 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 9c0ca6f9a0 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.10
This version brings a number of new checks, and a number of bug
fixes.  Of note:

  - better categorisation and space checks for dual use unary/binary
    operators
  - warn on deprecated use of {SPIN,RW}_LOCK_UNLOCKED
  - check if/for/while with trailing ';' for hanging statements
  - detect DOS line endings
  - detect redundant casts for kalloc()

Andy Whitcroft (18):
      Version: 0.10
      asmlinkage is also a storage type
      pull out inline specifiers
      allow only some operators before a unary operator
      parenthesised values may span line ends
      add additional attribute matching
      handle sparse annotations within pointer type space checks
      support alternative function definition syntax for typedefs
      check if/for/while with trailing ';' for hanging statements
      fix output format for case checks
      deprecate SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED and RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED
      allow complex macros with bracketing braces
      detect and report DOS line endings
      fastcall is a valid function attribute
      bracket spacing is ok for 'for'
      categorise operators into unary/binary/definitions
      add heuristic to pick up on unannotated types
      remove spurious warnings from cat_vet

Dave Jones (1):
      Make checkpatch warn about pointless casting of kalloc returns.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 22f2a2ef9b update checkpatch.pl to version 0.09
This version brings a number of new checks, and a number of bug
fixes.  Of note:

  - checks for spacing on round and square bracket combinations
  - loosening of the single statement brace checks, to allow
    them when they contain comments or where other blocks in a
    compound statement have them.
  - parks the multple declaration support
  - allows architecture defines in architecture specific headers

Andy Whitcroft (21):
      Version: 0.09
      loosen single statement brace checks
      fix up multiple declaration to avoid function arguments
      add some function space parenthesis check exceptions
      handle EXPORT_'s with parentheses in their names
      clean up some warnings in multi-line macro bracketing support
      park the multiple declaration checks
      make block brace checks count comments as a statement
      __volatile__ and __extension__ are not functions
      allow architecture specific defined within architecture includes
      check spacing on square brackets
      check spacing on parentheses
      ensure we apply checks to the part before start comment
      check #ifdef conditional spacing
      handle __init_refok and __must_check
      add noinline to inline checks
      prevent email addresses from tripping spacing checks
      handle typed initialiser spacing
      handle line contination as end of line
      add bool to the type matcher
      refine EXPORT_SYMBOL checks to handle pointers

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-08-11 15:47:41 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft f0a594c1c7 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08
This version brings a number of new checks, and a number of bug
fixes.  Of note:

  - warnings for multiple assignments per line
  - warnings for multiple declarations per line
  - checks for single statement blocks with braces

This patch includes an update for feature-removal-schedule.txt to
better target checks.

Andy Whitcroft (12):
      Version: 0.08
      only apply printk checks where there is a string literal
      allow suppression of errors for when no patch is found
      warn about multiple assignments
      warn on declaration of multiple variables
      check for kfree() with needless null check
      check for single statement braced blocks
      check for aggregate initialisation on the next line
      handle the => operator
      check for spaces between function name and open parenthesis
      move to explicit Check: entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt
      handle pointer attributes

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19 10:04:47 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft de7d4f0e11 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.07
This version brings a number of new checks, fixes for flase
positives, plus a clarification of the output to better guide use.  Of
note:

  - checks for documentation for new __setup calls
  - clearer reporting where braces and parenthesis are involved
  - reports for closing brace and semi-colon spacing
  - reports on unwanted externs

This patch includes an update to the documentation on checkpatch.pl
itself to clarify when it should be used and to indicate that it
is not intended as the final arbitor of style.

Full changelog:

Andy Whitcroft (19):
      Version: 0.07
      ensure we do not apply control brace checks to preprocesor directives
      add {u,s}{8,16,32,64} to the type matcher
      accept lack of spacing after the semicolons in for (;;)
      report new externs in .c files
      fix up typedef exclusion for function prototypes
      else trailing statements check need to account for \ at end of line
      add enums to the type matcher
      add missing check descriptions
      suppress double reporting of ** spacing
      report on do{ spacing issues
      include an example of the brace/parenthesis in output
      check for spacing after closing braces
      prevent double reports on pointer spacing issues
      handle blank continuation lines on macros
      classify all reports error, warning, or check
      revamp hanging { checks and apply in context
      no spaces after the last ; in a for is ok
      check __setup has a corresponding addition to documentation

David Woodhouse (1):
      limit character set used in patches and descriptions to UTF-8

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-16 09:05:34 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft d8aaf12142 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.06
Update to checkpatch.pl v0.06.  Of note:

 - do { and else handled correctly as control structures for { matching
 - trailing whitespace correctly tripped when line otherwise empty
 - support for const, including const foo * const bar
 - multiline macros defining values correctly reported

This version of checkpatch.pl can be found at the following URL:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-0.06

Full Changelog:

Andy Whitcroft (14):
      Version: 0.06
      cleanup the Type regular expression declarations
      fix up block counting
      end of line counts as a space for ++ and --
      do { needs the same checks as if, for et al
      handle "const foo * const a" as a valid type
      add spacing checks following ;
      complete whitespace lines should trip trailing whitespace check
      else is also a block control structure
      badly formatted else can trip function declaration
      detect and report trailing statements after else
      types need to be terminated by a boundary
      multiline macros defining values should be surrounded by parentheses
      soften the wording of the Signed-off-by: warnings

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-24 08:59:12 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 653d4876b7 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.05
This version brings a some new tests, and a host of changes to fix
false positives, of particular note:

 - detect 'var ++;' and 'var --;' as a bad combination
 - multistatement #defines are now checked based on statement count
 - multistatement #defines with initialisation correctly reported
 - checks the location of the inline keywords
 - EXPORT_SYMBOL for variables are now understood
 - typedefs are loosened to handle sparse etc

This version of checkpatch.pl can be found at the following URL:

      http://www.shadowen.org/~apw/public/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-0.05

Full Changelog:

Andy Whitcroft (18):
      Version: 0.05
      macro definition checks should be for a single statement
      avoid assignements only in if conditionals
      declarations of function pointers need no space
      multiline macros which are purely initialisation cannot be wrapped
      EXPORT_SYMBOL can also directly follow a variable definition
      check on the location of the inline keyword
      EXPORT_SYMBOL needs to allow for attributes
      ensure we do not find C99 // in strings
      handle malformed #include lines
      accept the {0,} form
      typedefs are sensible for defining function pointer parameters
      ensure { handling correctly handles nested switch() statements
      trailing whitespace checks are not anchored
      typedefs for sparse bitwise annotations make sense
      update the type matcher to include sparse annotations
      clean up indent and spacing

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-24 08:59:11 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 00df344fd0 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.04
This version brings a some new tests, and a host of changes to fix
false positives, of particular note:

  - check for and report #if 0
  - extend checking of line lengths and spacing for .pl, .sh etc
  - extends the pointer type checks to multiple levels
  - updates printk handling to track newlines
  - adds a wrapped patch detector
  - drops the leading component of the filenames
  - extends switch indent handling to switch statmentes rooted in
    the context
  - adds foo * bar single pointer checks

This version of checkpatch.pl can be found at the following URL:

      http://www.shadowen.org/~apw/public/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-0.04

Full Changelog:

Andy Whitcroft (16):
      allow checking line lengths and spacing on other source files
      clean up that whitespace
      sanitise the input line standardising the content of quotes
      clean up pointer type * and space checks
      fix up the sanitiser so it maintains the line length
      apply the printk facility checks only to the first printk in a set
      switch/case indent checks may anchor in the context
      add a wrapped patch detector
      put the #ifdef in C file checks on ice
      asm volatile is acceptable
      check for and report #if 0
      drop the leading component of the filename as patches are -p1
      use the original line when reporting operator errors
      correct spelling of Joel's name
      Version: 0.04
      add support for struct foo * bar checks

Geert Uytterhoeven (1):
      Fix checkpatch.pl name in usage template

Randy Dunlap (1):
      checkpatch: produce fewer lines of output

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-08 17:23:34 -07:00
Randy Dunlap 389834b680 checkpatch: produce fewer lines of output
Produce one less line of output per flagged incident.

Change this:

use tabs not spaces
PATCH: /home/rddunlap/arcmsr1200014.patch4:756:
FILE: b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c:1843:
+                     return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;$

to this:

use tabs not spaces
#756: FILE: b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c:1843:
+                     return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;$

Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-08 17:23:34 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 4a0df2ef45 update checkpatch.pl to version 0.03
This version brings a host of changes to cure false positives and
bugs detected on patches submitted to lkml and -mm.  It also brings
a number of new tests in response to reviews, of particular note:

  - catch use of volatile
  - allow deprecated functions to be listed in feature-removal-schedule.txt
  - warn about #ifdef's in c files
  - check that spinlock_t and struct mutex use is commented
  - report on architecture specific defines being used
  - report memory barriers without an associated comment

Full changelog:

      catch use of volatile
      convert other quoted string checks to common routine
      alloc deprecated functions to be listed in feature-removal-schedule.txt
      split out the line length and indent for each line
      improve switch block handling
      handle GNU diff context lines with no leading space
      warn about #ifdef's in c files
      tidy up tests for signed-off-by using raw mode
      check that spinlock_t and struct mutex use is commented
      syntax checks for open brace placement may drop off the bottom of hunk
      report memory barriers without an associated comment
      when a sign off is present but ugly do not report it missing
      do not mistake bitfield definitions for indented labels
      report on architecture specific defines being used
      major update to the operator checks
      prevent switch/if/while etc matching foo_switch
      generify assignement in condition error message
      introduce an operator context marker
      Version: 0.03

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-08 17:23:32 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 8381e04b90 checkpatch.pl: should be executable
scripts/checkpatch.pl should be executable, make it so.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-07 08:52:15 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 0a920b5b66 add a trivial patch style checker
We are seeing increasing levels of minor patch style violations in submissions
to the mailing lists as well as making it into the tree.  These detract from
the quality of the submission and cause unnessary work for reviewers.

As a first step package up the current state of the patch style checker and
include it in the kernel tree.  Add instructions suggesting running it on
submissions.  This adds version v0.01 of the checkpatch.pl script.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-01 08:18:28 -07:00