Re: checkpatch.pl misreporting bugs with array fillings

From: Andy Whitcroft
Date: Mon Dec 19 2011 - 05:14:02 EST


On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:31:06PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > the following testcase is probably misreported by checkpatch.pl:
> > >
> > > static const unsigned char pci_irq_swizzle[2][PCI_MAX_DEVICES] = {
> > > {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 27, 27, [9 ... PCI_MAX_DEVICES - 1] = 0 },
> > > {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 29, 29, [9 ... PCI_MAX_DEVICES - 1] = 0 },
> > > };
> > >
> > > The result is:
> > >
> > > ERROR: space prohibited before open square bracket '['
> > > #2: FILE: testcase.c:2:
> > > + {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 27, 27, [9 ... PCI_MAX_DEVICES - 1] = 0 },
> > >
> > > ERROR: space prohibited before open square bracket '['
> > > #3: FILE: testcase.c:3:
> > > + {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 29, 29, [9 ... PCI_MAX_DEVICES - 1] = 0 },
> > >
> > > total: 2 errors, 0 warnings, 5 lines checked
> > >
> > > NOTE: Ignored message types: COMPLEX_MACRO CONSIDER_KSTRTO MINMAX
> > > MULTISTATEMENT_MACRO_USE_DO_WHILE
> > >
> > > testcase.c has style problems, please review.
> >
> > Hmmm will have a look...
>
> Thanks! I'd send a patch, but I'm now doing checkpatch cleanup of uboot sources
> so I'm just submitting a testcase and delegating the issue.

Ok, this one may well be simple to fix. Does the version of checkpatch
below work ok for you:

http://people.canonical.com/~apw/checkpatch/checkpatch-next.pl

-apw
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