From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Jiang Biao <jiang.biao2@zte.com.cn>, apw@canonical.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zhong.weidong@zte.com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: fix false warning of externs checking.
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 01:54:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1507625682.3552.30.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1507624970-4609-1-git-send-email-jiang.biao2@zte.com.cn>
On Tue, 2017-10-10 at 16:42 +0800, Jiang Biao wrote:
> When adding a function declaration in a .c file without an extern
> keywork decoration, checkpatch.pl will complain *externs should be
> avoided in .c files* false warning. This patch fix the bug.
nack.
The point is that external function declarations should be
done via #include.
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Biao <jiang.biao2@zte.com.cn>
> ---
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index dd2c262..170daf1 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -5927,7 +5927,7 @@ sub process {
>
> # check for new externs in .c files.
> if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
> - $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s)
> + $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s)
> {
> my $function_name = $1;
> my $paren_space = $2;
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2017-10-10 8:42 [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: fix false warning of externs checking Jiang Biao
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