checkpatch: handle FILE pointer type
authorMickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
Fri, 2 Sep 2022 11:19:23 +0000 (13:19 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:55:12 +0000 (21:55 -0700)
When using a "FILE *" type, checkpatch considers this an error:
  ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
  #32: FILE: f.c:8:
  +static void a(FILE *const b)
                      ^

Fix this by explicitly defining "FILE" as a common type.  This is useful for
user space patches.

With this patch, we now get:
   <E> <E> <_>WS( )
   <E> <E> <_>IDENT(static)
   <E> <V> <_>WS( )
   <E> <V> <_>DECLARE(void )
   <E> <T> <_>FUNC(a)
   <E> <V> <V>PAREN('(')
   <EV> <N> <_>DECLARE(FILE *const )
   <EV> <T> <_>IDENT(b)
   <EV> <V> <_>PAREN(')') -> V
   <E> <V> <_>WS(
  )
  32 > . static void a(FILE *const b)
  32 > EEVVVVVVVTTTTTVNTTTTTTTTTTTTVVV
  32 >  ______________________________

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220902111923.1488671-1-mic@digikod.net
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220902111923.1488671-1-mic@digikod.net
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 9ff219e..18effbe 100755 (executable)
@@ -576,10 +576,14 @@ our $typeKernelTypedefs = qr{(?x:
        (?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
        atomic_t
 )};
+our $typeStdioTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+       FILE
+)};
 our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
        $typeC99Typedefs\b|
        $typeOtherOSTypedefs\b|
-       $typeKernelTypedefs\b
+       $typeKernelTypedefs\b|
+       $typeStdioTypedefs\b
 )};
 
 our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};