Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: don't complain on _Static_assert and _Generic use

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Nov 28 2023 - 19:49:49 EST


On Tue, 2023-11-28 at 11:25 +0100, Przemek Kitszel wrote:
> On 11/28/23 01:46, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 16:18 +0100, Przemek Kitszel wrote:
> > > Improve CamelCase recognition logic to avoid reporting on _Static_assert()
> > > and _Generic() use.
> > >
> > > Other C keywords, such as _Bool, are intentionally omitted, as those
> > > should be rather avoided in new source code.
> > []
> > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > []
> > > @@ -5839,6 +5839,8 @@ sub process {
> > > #CamelCase
> > > if ($var !~ /^$Constant$/ &&
> > > $var =~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/ &&
> > > +#Ignore C keywords
> > > + $var !~ /_Static_assert|_Generic/ &&
> >
> > You'll need
> >
> > $var != /^(?:_Static_assert|_Generic)$/ &&

Hi again.

btw: Looks like adding _Pragma would be useful too.

$ git grep -ohP '\b_\w+' -- '*.[ch]' | \
sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | \
grep -P '[a-z][A-Z]|[A-Z][a-z]' | \
head -30
377 __Value
206 __pH2CCmd
152 __pTxDesc
78 _Pragma
54 __pRxDesc
52 __pRxStatusDesc
50 _Generic
48 _Static_assert
41 _PyUnicode_FromString
30 _pEleStart
29 _PyLong_FromLong
26 _NonStandardParameter
24 _txOff
24 _TransportAddress
23 _txOn
23 _Bool
22 _Lxx
21 _Exx
19 _min_uV
18 _StateArray
18 _NonClockInfoArray
18 _ClockInfoArray
16 _8Mx32
16 _32Mx16
16 _16Mx32
16 _16Mx16
15 _REGIc
13 _step_uV
13 _Set_Drv_Extra
13 __PageMovable