Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: do not check missing blank line before builtin_*_driver

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Joe, Andrew,

(sorry, Andrew was missing from the list...)

2017-09-18 11:01 GMT+09:00 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> checkpatch.pl does not check missing blank line before module_*_driver.
> I want it to behave likewise for builtin_*_driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
>   - Improve the matching pattern as suggested by Joe Perches
>
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index dd2c262aebbf..5c6179c63cf6 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3103,6 +3103,7 @@ sub process {
>                       $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ ||
>                       $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:static\s+)?[A-Z_]*ATTR/ ||
>                       $line =~ /^\+\s*DECLARE/ ||
> +                     $line =~ /^\+\s*builtin_[\w_]*driver/ ||
>                       $line =~ /^\+\s*__setup/)) {
>                         if (CHK("LINE_SPACING",
>                                 "Please use a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations\n" . $hereprev) &&
> --
> 2.7.4
>


Is this patch good for 4.15-rc1?

"git log scripts/checkpatch.pl" shows
this kind of patch is generally picked up by Andrew.


If Joe issues Acked-by, that will be very helpful
for applying this patch.

Thanks!



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada