[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH RFC] checkpatch: fix multi-statement macro checks

[Lukas Bulwahn]

On Thu, 1 Oct 2020, Dwaipayan Ray wrote:

> Checkpatch.pl doesn't have a check for excluding while (...) {...}
> blocks from MULTISTATEMENT_MACRO_USE_DO_WHILE error.
> 
> For example, running checkpatch.pl on the file mm/access.c in the
> kernel generates the following error:
> 
> ERROR: Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses
> +#define copy_from_kernel_nofault_loop(dst, src, len, type, err_label)	\
> +	while (len >= sizeof(type)) {					\
> +		__get_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label);	\
> +		dst += sizeof(type);					\
> +		src += sizeof(type);					\
> +		len -= sizeof(type);					\
> +	}
> 
> The error is misleading for this case. Enclosing it in parantheses

s/parantheses/parentheses/

In my previous review, I already pointed that spelling mistake; was there 
a mess-up with sending out the new patch?

I will start running a quick evaluation...

> doesn't make any sense.
> 
> Checkpatch already has an exception list for such common macro types.
> Added a new exception for while (...) {...} style blocks to the same.
> This effectively fixed the wrong error message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 72c4072307ea..c2c211374662 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -5342,6 +5342,7 @@ sub process {
>  			    $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&				# .foo =
>  			    $dstat !~ /^(?:\#\s*$Ident|\#\s*$Constant)\s*$/ &&		# stringification #foo
>  			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ &&	# do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)
> +			    $dstat !~ /^while\s*$Constant\s*$Constant\s*$/ &&		# while (...) {...}
>  			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ &&				# for (...)
>  			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&	# for (...) bar()
>  			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ &&					# do {...
> -- 
> 2.27.0
> 
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