[PATCH v2] scripts: checkpatch: allow "case" macros

From: Stanislaw Gruszka
Date: Thu Oct 27 2022 - 09:43:42 EST


Do not report errors like below:

./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h

ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses
+#define C2S(x) case x: return #x

since many "case ..." macros are already used by some in-kernel drivers.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@xxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1e5e66ae5a52..4b888b1313d5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5901,6 +5901,7 @@ sub process {
$dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
$dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ && # .foo =
$dstat !~ /^(?:\#\s*$Ident|\#\s*$Constant)\s*$/ && # stringification #foo
+ $dstat !~ /^case\b/ && # case ...
$dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ && # do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)
$dstat !~ /^while\s*$Constant\s*$Constant\s*$/ && # while (...) {...}
$dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ && # for (...)
--
2.25.4