Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: don't warn about new vsprintf pointer extension '%pe'

[Petr Mladek]

On Thu 2019-11-14 11:04:16, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> This extension was introduced in commit 57f5677e535b ("printf: add
> support for printing symbolic error names").

Great catch!

> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 6fcc66afb088..31cd9b767c1e 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -6022,7 +6022,7 @@ sub process {
>  				while ($fmt =~ /(\%[\*\d\.]*p(\w))/g) {
>  					$specifier = $1;
>  					$extension = $2;
> -					if ($extension !~ /[SsBKRraEhMmIiUDdgVCbGNOxt]/) {
> +					if ($extension !~ /[SsBKRraeEhMmIiUDdgVCbGNOxt]/) {

I am going to push it into printk.git. I will just change the ordering
"eE" -> "Ee". So that it follows the existing convention.

Best Regards,
Petr