Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Ignore ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_ enum values

From: Gerhard Engleder
Date: Tue Mar 07 2023 - 15:52:26 EST


On 05.01.23 23:24, Joe Perches wrote:
On Wed, 2023-01-04 at 21:15 +0100, Gerhard Engleder wrote:
Since commit 4104a20646 enum values like
ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Asym_Pause_BIT are ignored. But there are other enums
like ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_1000baseT_Full_BIT, which are not ignored
because of the not matching '1000baseT' substring.

Add regex to match all ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE enums.
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
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@@ -5783,6 +5783,8 @@ sub process {
$var !~ /^(?:[A-Z]+_){1,5}[A-Z]{1,3}[a-z]/ &&
#Ignore Page<foo> variants
$var !~ /^(?:Clear|Set|TestClear|TestSet|)Page[A-Z]/ &&
+#Ignore ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_<foo> variants
+ $var !~ /^ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_/ &&
#Ignore SI style variants like nS, mV and dB
#(ie: max_uV, regulator_min_uA_show, RANGE_mA_VALUE)
$var !~ /^(?:[a-z0-9_]*|[A-Z0-9_]*)?_?[a-z][A-Z](?:_[a-z0-9_]+|_[A-Z0-9_]+)?$/ &&

These ETHTOOL enums also exist but are caught by the SI style variants test

ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_PULSE_mV
ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_AMPLITUDE_mV

So I guess it's OK. Thanks.

Did I miss to do something to get this merged? Shall I post it again?

Gerhard