[PATCH] documentation: add kernel-dot.emacs.txt

[Geyslan G. Bem]

This patch adds kernel-dot-emacs.txt (elisp) which deliver best
indentation, comments and white space highlighting functionalities.

This also changes the CodingStyle and 00-INDEX files by referencing
the new kernel-dot-emacs.

Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
    This patch was done by suggestion of Jonathan Corbet:
    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.documentation/35265/focus=35309

 Documentation/00-INDEX             |   2 +
 Documentation/CodingStyle          |  38 +----
 Documentation/kernel-dot-emacs.txt | 285 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 291 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/kernel-dot-emacs.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index cd077ca..d4c48f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
 	- mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
 kernel-docs.txt
 	- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
+kernel-dot-emacs.txt
+	- emacs dot file for kernel coding style.
 kernel-parameters.txt
 	- summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
index c06f817..4d64b58 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -501,40 +501,10 @@ typing - an infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never
 make a good program).
 
 So, you can either get rid of GNU emacs, or change it to use saner
-values.  To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file:
-
-(defun c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only (ignored)
-  "Line up argument lists by tabs, not spaces"
-  (let* ((anchor (c-langelem-pos c-syntactic-element))
-         (column (c-langelem-2nd-pos c-syntactic-element))
-         (offset (- (1+ column) anchor))
-         (steps (floor offset c-basic-offset)))
-    (* (max steps 1)
-       c-basic-offset)))
-
-(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook
-          (lambda ()
-            ;; Add kernel style
-            (c-add-style
-             "linux-tabs-only"
-             '("linux" (c-offsets-alist
-                        (arglist-cont-nonempty
-                         c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg
-                         c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))))))
-
-(add-hook 'c-mode-hook
-          (lambda ()
-            (let ((filename (buffer-file-name)))
-              ;; Enable kernel mode for the appropriate files
-              (when (and filename
-                         (string-match (expand-file-name "~/src/linux-trees")
-                                       filename))
-                (setq indent-tabs-mode t)
-                (setq show-trailing-whitespace t)
-                (c-set-style "linux-tabs-only")))))
-
-This will make emacs go better with the kernel coding style for C
-files below ~/src/linux-trees.
+values. To do the latter, you can stick the elisp code from
+Documentation/kernel-dot-emacs.txt in your emacs init file. This will make
+emacs go better with the kernel coding style for C files below
+~/src/linux-trees.
 
 But even if you fail in getting emacs to do sane formatting, not
 everything is lost: use "indent".
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-dot-emacs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-dot-emacs.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6d6816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-dot-emacs.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+;; Kernel dot emacs
+;; Based on the prior elisp from Documentantion/CodingStyle
+;;
+;; January, 2016
+;; Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@xxxxxxxxx>
+
+;; This elisp does use of emacs functionalities which deliver to the
+;; user indentation, comments and white space highlighting.
+;;
+;; As known tabs are the higher law and the prior elisp code enforces
+;; that law for any lineup indentation.
+;;
+;; However some trees have specific rules about line continuation
+;; indentation. Even scripts/checkpatch.pl suggests the TABS+SPACES (lining up
+;; under the open paren) for lineup the sequential lines.
+;;
+;; In addition to allowing the automatic setup by tree, this elisp can easily
+;; be modified for new configurations. Eg.
+;;
+;;         (when (or (string-match (concat source-path "/net") filename)
+;;                   (string-match (concat source-path "/drivers/net") filename))
+;;           (setup-kernel-style 'extra-bottom-line t nil))
+;;
+;; The above model can be used for a new tree just changing the tree path
+;; and parameters of setup-kernel-style function.
+;;
+;; setup-kernel-style function sets the kernel-comment-style,
+;; kernel-lineup-tabs-only and kernel-lineup-maximum-tabs variables. They
+;; are used by the functions kernel-comment-dwim and kernel-lineup-arglist.
+;;
+;; The kernel-lineup-arglist function detects the maximum tabs allowed to
+;; lineup and if it must use tabs and spaces instead of only tabs.
+;;
+;; There are two cleanups for else and else if braces enabled when
+;; auto-newline is on. These are comfortable and avoid wrong coding
+;; style. For instance
+;;
+;; void spam(int i)
+;; {
+;;         if (i == 7) {
+;;                 dosomething();
+;;             ...
+;;         }
+;;         else
+;;                         {
+;; appears like this after the last open brace is typed:
+;;
+;; void spam(int i)
+;; {
+;;         if (i == 7) {
+;;                 dosomething();
+;;             ...
+;;         } else {
+;;
+;; The same happens for else if opening braces.
+;;
+;; The function kernel-align-to-equals makes the aligning of variable
+;; initializations/assignments easier.
+;;
+;;         int x = 10;
+;;         char *str = "text";
+;;         x = 100;
+;;
+;; After marked the region and pressed C-c a =
+;;
+;;         int x           = 10;
+;;         char *str       = "text";
+;;         x               = 100;
+;;
+;; Concerning to comments kernel-comment-dwim is an improved version of
+;; comment-dwim. It comment/uncomment lines, regions or adds a new
+;; indented comment after the code using the same key binding. Eg.
+;;
+;; void f(int x, int y);
+;;
+;; Press M-; in any position on the line for
+;;
+;; void f(int x, int y);   /*  */
+;;
+;; Press M-; again for
+;;
+;; /* void f(int x, int y); */
+;;
+;; Press M-; and again for
+;;
+;; void f(int x, int y);
+;;
+;; For multi-line comments the result is
+;;
+;; /*
+;;  * void f1(int x, int y);
+;;  * void f2(int x, int y);
+;;  */
+;;
+;; Emacs doesn't provide yet a 'net' comment style by default. This code
+;; also does the magic when kernel-comment-style is set as 'extra-bottom-line.
+;;
+;; /* void f1(int x, int y);
+;;  * void f2(int x, int y);
+;;  */
+;;
+;; Until now the comment-region doesn't tabify the comment, generating
+;; spaces before the " * " comment-continue variable (this issue was
+;; reported and patched in the to be released emacs-25) however this code
+;; correctly tabify the commented result.
+;;
+;; kernel-comment-dwim also removes trailing white spaces created by the
+;; comment-region.
+;;
+;; Finally the white space highlighting is a must to alert about long
+;; lines, leading or trailing spaces and top or bottom empty lines.
+
+
+(defconst kernel-column-limit 80
+  "It is only 80, get over it.")
+
+(defvar kernel-source-path "~/src/linux-trees"
+  "The kernel source path.")
+
+(defvar kernel-comment-style 'extra-lines
+  "Default style is 'extra-lines.
+The another option is 'extra-bottom-line")
+(make-variable-buffer-local 'kernel-comment-style)
+
+(defvar kernel-lineup-tabs-only nil
+  "If it is non-nil the kernel lineup indentation will make use of tabs only.
+When nil lineup indentation will use TABS + SPACES.")
+(make-variable-buffer-local 'kernel-lineup-tabs-only)
+
+(defvar kernel-lineup-maximum-tabs nil
+  "If it is non-nil its value will be the maximum tabs steps in kernel lineup
+indentation.
+When nil there will not be such a limit.
+In both cases there is also the maximum limit forced by the
+`kernel-lineup-arglist' function in conjuction with the
+`kernel-column-limit' constant.")
+(make-variable-buffer-local 'kernel-lineup-maximum-tabs)
+
+(defun setup-kernel-style (comment-style lineup-tabs-only lineup-maximum-tabs)
+  (setq kernel-comment-style comment-style)
+  (setq kernel-lineup-tabs-only lineup-tabs-only)
+  (setq kernel-lineup-maximum-tabs lineup-maximum-tabs))
+
+(defun kernel-comment-dwim ()
+  "Comments or uncomments the region.
+If there's no active region adds/indents an one line comment or
+comments/uncomments the current line if the one line comment is
+empty."
+  (interactive)
+  (let (beg end)
+    (if (region-active-p)
+        (progn
+          (setq beg (region-beginning)
+                end (region-end))
+          (if (comment-only-p beg end)
+              (uncomment-region beg end)
+            (progn
+              (comment-region beg end)
+              (save-excursion
+                (goto-char beg)
+                ;; Remove extra top line
+                (when (equal kernel-comment-style 'extra-bottom-line)
+                  (re-search-forward "/\\*\\s-*\n\\s-*\\(\\*\\)" end t)
+                  (replace-match "/\\1"))
+                ;; Update end point
+                (goto-char beg)
+                (re-search-forward "\\*/" nil t)
+                (setq end (point))
+                ;; This error is fixed in version 25.
+                (when (< emacs-major-version 25)
+                  (tabify beg end))
+                ;; Cleaning only trailing spaces inserted by comment-region.
+                ;; Existing ones are not touched.
+                (goto-char beg)
+                (while (re-search-forward
+                        "\\(/+\\|^\\s-+\\)\\(\\*\\)\\(\\s-+$\\)" end t nil)
+                  (replace-match "\\1\\2")
+                  (save-excursion
+                    (re-search-forward "\\*/" nil t 1)
+                    (setq end (point))))))))
+      (progn
+        (setq beg (line-beginning-position)
+              end (line-end-position))
+        (if (save-excursion
+              (goto-char beg)
+              (looking-at "\\s-*$"))
+            (progn
+              (comment-indent)
+              (indent-according-to-mode))
+          (if (comment-only-p beg end)
+              (uncomment-region beg end)
+            (if (save-excursion
+                  (goto-char beg)
+                  (re-search-forward "/\\*\\s-+\\*/" end t 1))
+                (progn
+                  (save-excursion
+                    (goto-char beg)
+                    (let (kill-ring)
+                      (comment-kill nil)))
+                  ;; Read end position directly
+                  (comment-region beg (line-end-position)))
+              (comment-indent))))))))
+
+(defun kernel-align-to-equals (begin end)
+  "Align region to equal signs"
+  (interactive "r")
+  (align-regexp begin end "\\(\\s-*\\)=" 1 1 nil))
+
+(defun kernel-lineup-arglist (langelem)
+  ""
+  (let* ((ret (c-lineup-arglist langelem))
+         (anchor (c-langelem-pos c-syntactic-element))
+         (column (c-langelem-2nd-pos c-syntactic-element))
+         (offset (- (1+ column) anchor))
+         (newcol (c-langelem-col langelem t))
+         (steps (floor offset c-basic-offset)))
+    (if (not kernel-lineup-tabs-only)
+        ret
+      (progn
+        (when (>= (+ newcol (* c-basic-offset steps))
+                  kernel-column-limit)
+          (setq steps (1- steps)))
+        (when kernel-lineup-maximum-tabs
+          (setq steps (min steps
+                           kernel-lineup-maximum-tabs)))
+        (* (max steps 1) c-basic-offset)))))
+
+(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (c-add-style
+             "linux-kernel"
+             '("linux" (c-offsets-alist
+                        (arglist-cont-nonempty
+                         c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg
+                         kernel-lineup-arglist)
+                        (c-cleanup-list brace-else-brace
+                                        brace-elseif-brace))))))
+
+(defun kernel-style-hook ()
+  (let ((filename (buffer-file-name))
+        (source-path (expand-file-name kernel-source-path)))
+    ;; Enable kernel mode for the appropriate files
+    (when (and filename
+               (string-match source-path filename))
+      ;; Setup style
+      (c-set-style "linux-kernel")
+      (setq tab-width 8
+            comment-style 'extra-line
+            indent-tabs-mode t
+            backward-delete-char-untabify-method nil)
+      (c-toggle-auto-newline t)
+
+      ;; Setup tree paths here
+      (when (or (string-match (concat source-path "/net") filename)
+                (string-match (concat source-path "/drivers/net") filename))
+        (setup-kernel-style 'extra-bottom-line t nil))
+      (when (string-match (concat source-path "/drivers/usb/host") filename)
+        (setup-kernel-style 'extra-lines t 2))
+
+      ;; Set kernel style key bindings
+      (local-set-key [remap comment-dwim] 'kernel-comment-dwim)
+      (local-set-key (kbd "C-c a =") 'kernel-align-to-equals)
+      ;; Setup white space highlighting
+      (require 'whitespace)
+      (setq whitespace-line-column kernel-column-limit
+            whitespace-style '(face empty
+                                    indentation::tab
+                                    whitespace-space-before-tab
+                                    space-before-tab::tab
+                                    lines-tail
+                                    trailing))
+      (dolist (face '(whitespace-line
+                      whitespace-indentation
+                      whitespace-space
+                      whitespace-space-before-tab
+                      whitespace-empty
+                      whitespace-trailing))
+        (set-face-background face "red"))
+      (set-face-attribute whitespace-line nil
+                          :background "red"
+                          :foreground "yellow"
+                          :weight 'bold)
+      (whitespace-mode t))))
+
+(add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'kernel-style-hook)
-- 
2.7.0