Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkpatch: skip spacing tests on linker scripts

[jim . cromie]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 2:01 PM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2021-06-29 at 13:50 -0600, jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > this does 3 different things
> >
> > - non-capturing matches  -  these add no functionality,
>
> true, it's nominally a bit faster through.
>
> > - moves the skip-remaining-tests check after SPDX
> >    that feels like a legal Q: should it be on all files ?
> >    moving it does seem proper though.
>
> to me too.
>
> > - adds the skip linker-script
> >   since i went ahead and added it 3 times to see errs/warns
> >   I didnt consider your precise placement,
> >   how does it do with 18/8 errs/warnings on ref-test ?
>
> $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h --strict --terse

cool options.
<Aside>
some oddities are hidden there;
Im seeing the err/warn counts change along with use of those options.
not a big deal, but it is mildly surprising
forex:
$ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h --terse
...
total: 18 errors, 7 warnings, 1164 lines checked
$ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h --terse --strict
...
total: 9 errors, 7 warnings, 95 checks, 1164 lines checked


> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:1: WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:43: WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:101: CHECK: line length of 106 exceeds 100 columns
> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:390: WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:546: ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
> total: 1 errors, 3 warnings, 1 checks, 1184 lines checked
>

2nd one is I think pedantic comment formatting, but on the whole, fair
complaints.
and I see your insertion spot is right between my 2 picks.
works for me.

just to note, this is about a generalization of

commit 263afd39c06f5939ef943e0d535380d4b8e56484
Author: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu Feb 25 17:22:04 2021 -0800

    checkpatch: don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts