[PATCH 20/23] checkpatch: macro complexity checks are meaningless in linker scripts

From: Andy Whitcroft
Date: Thu Jun 12 2008 - 08:22:48 EST


Exclude vmlinux.lds.h from the macro complexity checks. They will never
apply sanely here.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 53ec394..775f2b1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1860,7 +1860,8 @@ sub process {
# multi-statement macros should be enclosed in a do while loop, grab the
# first statement and ensure its the whole macro if its not enclosed
# in a known good container
- if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*define\s*$Ident(\()?/) {
+ if ($realfile !~ m@/vmlinux.lds.h$@ &&
+ $line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*define\s*$Ident(\()?/) {
my $ln = $linenr;
my $cnt = $realcnt;
my ($off, $dstat, $dcond, $rest);
--
1.5.6.rc0.140.ga9675

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