Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: do not check missing blank line before builtin_*_driver

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Sep 17 2017 - 16:48:13 EST


On Sun, 2017-09-17 at 23:59 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> checkpatch.pl does not check missing blank line before module_*_driver.
> I want it to behave likewise for builtin_*_driver.
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> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index dd2c262aebbf..cec896306619 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3103,6 +3103,7 @@ sub process {
> $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ ||
> $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:static\s+)?[A-Z_]*ATTR/ ||
> $line =~ /^\+\s*DECLARE/ ||
> + $line =~ /^\+\s*builtin_/ ||

I believe

$line =~ /^\+\s*builtin_[\w_]*driver/ ||

would be better