From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Whitcroft Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Enable whitespace checks for DTS files Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:11:37 +0100 Message-ID: <20140630101137.GA31222@bark> References: <1404122011-11409-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1404122011-11409-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Joe Perches , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:53:31AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > When run on *.dtsi or *.dts files, the whitespace checks were skipped, > while they are valid for DTS files. Hence stop skipping them. > > I ran checkpatch on all in-tree DTS files, and didn't notice any error or > warning messages that are inappropriate for DTS files. > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven > --- > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > index 010b18ef4ea0..9ae624942a84 100755 > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > @@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@ sub process { > } > > # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk > - next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh)$/); > + next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh|dtsi|dts)$/); I think it is this one here which lets the white space checks happen for your new file types ... > #line length limit > if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ && > @@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ sub process { > } > > # check we are in a valid source file C or perl if not then ignore this hunk > - next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|pl)$/); > + next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|pl|dtsi|dts)$/); ... so I am supprised to see you also changing this one. Is there a check below here you wanted other than those stated in the patch commentary? > > # at the beginning of a line any tabs must come first and anything > # more than 8 must use tabs. -apw