Re: scripts: checkpatch.pl & Lindent (minor complaint)

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Nov 12 2013 - 10:44:07 EST


On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 09:42 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> scripts/Lindent and scripts/checkpatch disagree whether the fields in a
> statically initialized array should be blank separated.
>
> static struct ima_rule_entry default_rules[] = {
> {.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags = IMA_FSMAGIC},
>
> Lindent adds a blank before '.fsmagic', which checkpatch then complains
> about (eg. commit 75834fc3).

Perhaps I don't understand what you mean.

Lindent _doesn't_add a blank and checkpatch
seems to do the right thing here.

I'd just as soon delete Lindent.

$ git log --format=email -p -1 75834fc3 | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -
WARNING: line over 80 characters
#35: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:52:
+ {.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags = IMA_FSMAGIC},

ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#35: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:52:
+ {.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags = IMA_FSMAGIC},
^
[...]

$ ./scripts/Lindent security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
$ git diff security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -
ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#10: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:72:
+ {.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags =
^

ERROR: space required after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#10: FILE: security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c:72:
+ {.action = DONT_MEASURE,.fsmagic = PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,.flags =
^
[...]


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