Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Enable whitespace checks for DTS files

[Andy Whitcroft]

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 <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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
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