Re: [PATCH] tracing user_events: Simplify user_event_parse_field() parsing

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 21:47:44 +0000
Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > -	len = str_has_prefix(field, "__rel_loc ");
> > -	if (len)
> > -		goto skip_next;
> > +	if (!(len = str_has_prefix(field, "__data_loc unsigned ")) &&
> > +	    !(len = str_has_prefix(field, "__data_loc ")) &&
> > +	    !(len = str_has_prefix(field, "__rel_loc unsigned ")) &&
> > +	    !(len = str_has_prefix(field, "__rel_loc "))) {
> > +		goto parse;
> > +	}  
> 
> This now triggers a checkpatch error:
> ERROR: do not use assignment in if condition

What a horrible message.

> #1184: FILE: kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c:1184:
> +       if (!(len = str_has_prefix(field, "__data_loc unsigned ")) &&
> 
> I personally prefer to keep these files fully checkpatch clean.

I've stopped using checkpatch years ago because I disagreed with so much it :-p
  (Including this message)

> However, I did test these changes under the self-tests and it passed.
> 
> Do they bug you that much? :)

No big deal if you prefer the other way. I was just doing an audit of
str_has_prefix() to see what code could be cleaned up that uses it, and I
found this code.

If you prefer to limit your code to "checkpatch clean", I'll leave it alone.

-- Steve