Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add test for #defines of ARCH_HAS_

Andrew Morton
2013-09-26T02:32:43Z

On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:00:54 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> +# Use of __ARCH_HAS_<FOO> or ARCH_HAVE_<BAR> is wrong.
> + if ($line =~ /\+\s*#\s*define\s+((?:__)?ARCH_(?:HAS|HAVE)\w*)\b/) {
> + ERROR("DEFINE_ARCH_HAS",
> + "#define of '$1' is wrong - use Kconfig variables or standard guards instead\n" . $herecurr);
> + }
> +

Perhaps we can provide people with a bit more help than that.
http://www.kernelhub.org/?msg=334759&p=2 would suit (gad, google
updates fast!) or copy-n-paste into Documentation/wherever and refer to
that?