Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] checkpatch: handle new pr_<level>_cont macros

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2022-11-25 at 20:09 +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> These new macros from include/linux/printk.h replace the usage of plain
> pr_cont().
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> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 1e5e66ae5a52..fb1747639c9c 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};
>  
>  our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
>  	printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|_deferred_once|_deferred|)|
> -	(?:[a-z0-9]+_){1,2}(?:printk|emerg|alert|crit|err|warning|warn|notice|info|debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|cont|WARN)(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
> +	(?:[a-z0-9]+_){1,2}(?:printk|emerg|alert|crit|err|warning|warn|notice|info|debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|cont|WARN)(?:_ratelimited|_once|_cont|)|

OK

>  	TP_printk|
>  	WARN(?:_RATELIMIT|_ONCE|)|
>  	panic|
> @@ -6374,11 +6374,17 @@ sub process {
>  		}
>  
>  # check for logging continuations
> -		if ($line =~ /\bprintk\s*\(\s*KERN_CONT\b|\bpr_cont\s*\(/) {
> +		if ($line =~ /\bprintk\s*\(\s*KERN_CONT\b|\bpr_([a-z]+_)?cont\s*\(/) {
>  			WARN("LOGGING_CONTINUATION",
>  			     "Avoid logging continuation uses where feasible\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}

OK

> +# check for logging continuations without explicit level
> +		if ($line =~ /\bpr_cont\s*\(/) {
> +			WARN("LOGGING_CONTINUATION_WITHOUT_LEVEL",
> +			     "Avoid logging continuation without level\n" . $herecurr);
> +		}
> +

Not so sure about this one.

I think relatively few situations are going to require interleaving avoidance.

>  # check for unnecessary use of %h[xudi] and %hh[xudi] in logging functions
>  		if (defined $stat &&
>  		    $line =~ /\b$logFunctions\s*\(/ &&