[PATCH v1] tools clang-format: Add a tools clang-format that overrides some kernel behaviors
From: Ian Rogers
Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 12:56:52 EST
In particular, header file ordering is an issue in the tools/
directory given the larger number of depended upon libraries.
The order of header file includes was proposed in:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/CAP-5=fUitzKwJONTngiW17XkS7kVr2cDS4cDL_HccJKcnR2EgQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Sorting headers is desirable to avoid issues like duplicate includes.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/.clang-format | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/.clang-format
diff --git a/tools/.clang-format b/tools/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..902b2f7456f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+BasedOnStyle: InheritParentConfig
+SortIncludes: true
+IncludeBlocks: Regroup
+IncludeCategories:
+ # Implicitly the corresponding header for the C file has Priority 0
+ # C Standard Library Headers
+ - Regex: '^<(assert|complex|ctype|errno|fenv|float|inttypes|iso646|limits|locale|math|setjmp|signal|stdalign|stdarg|stdatomic|stdbool|stddef|stdint|stdio|stdlib|stdnoreturn|string|tgmath|threads|time|uchar|wchar|wctype)\.h>'
+ Priority: 1
+ # OS/System-Specific Headers (directories)
+ - Regex: '^<(sys|linux|asm|arpa|net|netinet|x86_64|machine)/.*>'
+ Priority: 2
+ # OS/System-Specific Headers (POSIX/System flat headers)
+ - Regex: '^<(unistd|pthread|fcntl|dirent|dlfcn|poll|sched|semaphore|spawn|syslog|termios|pwd|grp|netdb|sysexits|err|paths|pty|utmp|resolv|ifaddrs|elf|libelf|gelf)\.h>'
+ Priority: 2
+ # Third-Party Library Headers
+ - Regex: '^<.*>'
+ Priority: 3
+ # Your Project's Other Headers
+ - Regex: '^".*"'
+ Priority: 4
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