Re: clang-format inconsistencies with checkpatch.pl

[Miguel Ojeda]

Hi Mickaël,

On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 1:45 PM Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I also noticed that there is some clang-format configuration lines that
> are commented because of incompatibilities with versions older than 6.
> Shouldn't we require a minimal version, at least the 6th?

I will be increasing this cycle the version to 11, which is the
minimum LLVM supported at the moment, and then keep it sync'd to that
minimum.

> About checkpatch.pl, it incorrectly warns about space between function
> name and open parenthesis for *for_each* functions (specifically
> interpreted as "for" statements in .clang-format, e.g. list_for_each_entry).

Note that the prevailing kernel style is to not have a space. This
should be fixed with the increase to 11.

Cheers,
Miguel