Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add some --strict coding style checks

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Wed Feb 29 2012 - 09:38:15 EST


On 02/24/2012 08:37 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> Argument alignment across multiple lines should
> match the open parenthesis.
>
> Logical continuations should be at the end of
> the previous line, not the start of a new line.
>
> These are not required by CodingStyle so make the
> tests active only when using --strict.
>
> Improved_by_examples_from: "Bruce W. Allen" <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Joe, this is very useful for me. I seem to have one false alarm
though:

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c:464: CHECK: Alignment should
match open parenthesis

This is with patches I haven't sent yet so line numbers most likely
don't match, but the code in question is this:

if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long) skb->data - HTC_HDR_LENGTH, 4) &&
skb_cloned(skb)) {

Apparently the cast "(unsigned long)" causes the false alarm as when I
remove it I don't see the warning anymore.

Kalle
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