Re: [BUG] checkpatch warning default switch case

[Geyslan G. Bem]

2015-12-11 22:34 GMT-03:00 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri, 2015-12-11 at 18:56 -0300, Geyslan G. Bem wrote:
>> 2015-12-11 17:21 GMT-03:00 Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > 2015-12-11 17:08 GMT-03:00 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > > On Fri, 2015-12-11 at 16:34 -0300, Geyslan G. Bem wrote:
>> > > > Hello,
>> > > >
>> > > > Running
>> > > > scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/usb/host/ehci-sched.c
>> > > >
>> > > > I got this
>> > > > ...
>> > > > ERROR: spaces required around that ':' (ctx:VxE)
>> > > > #496: FILE: drivers/usb/host/ehci-sched.c:496:
>> > > > +                       default:
>> > > > ...
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > 496:            default:
>> > > >                         ehci_dbg (ehci,
>> > > >                                 "periodic frame %d bogus type
>> > > > %d\n",
>> > > >                                 frame, type);
>> > > >                 }
>> > > >
>> > > > It seems a correct use of default switch case. Maybe the test
>> > > > concerns
>> > > > to ternary conditional.
>> > > >
>> > > > Let me know.
>> > >
>> > > Yes, it's a checkpatch defect.
>> > >
>> > > It's because a c99 style comment is immediately before this line.
>> > >
>> > >         switch (foo) {
>> > >         case 1:
>> > >                 break;
>> > >         // foo
>> > >         default:
>> > >                 break;
>> > >         }
>> > >
>> > > emits this ERROR
>> > >
>> > > I suggest you fix the comment and the message will go away.
>> > Ok, I'm fixing it.
>> >
>> > Tks.
>> > >
>> > > Andy?  Do you care to fix this defect?
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> Another false positive:
>>
>> WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks
>> #1570: FILE: drivers/usb/host/ehci-sched.c:1570:
>> +               else {
>> +                       start = (stream->ps.phase << 3) +
>> stream->ps.phase_uf;
>> +               }
>>
>> The code:
>>
>>         if (stream->ps.phase == NO_FRAME) {
>>             int        done = 0;
>> ...
>>             reserve_release_iso_bandwidth(ehci, stream, 1);
>>         }
>>
>>         /* New stream is already scheduled; use the upcoming slot */
>>         else {
>>             start = (stream->ps.phase << 3) + stream->ps.phase_uf;
>>         }
>>
>> There's a C89 comment before the else branch and immediately before
>> that an empty line. They, I think, are confusing the parser.
>
> checkpatch isn't a real parser
>
> Move the comment into the else block
>
>         if (...) {
>                 ...;
>         } else {
>                 /* New stream ... */
>                 start = ...;
>         }
>
>
Tks. Patch sent.


-- 
Regards,

Geyslan G. Bem
hackingbits.com
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