checkpatch: adjust to QEMUisms

Change checkpatch.pl for QEMU use:
 - Root directory detection
 - Forbid tabs
 - Indent at 4 spaces
 - Allow typedefs
 - Enforce brace use even for single statement blocks
 - Don't suggest nonexistent cleanup tools

Mention the script in CODING_STYLE.

Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2a8a0e27ab..55ef439865 100644..100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -328,9 +328,9 @@ sub top_of_kernel_tree {
 	my ($root) = @_;
 
 	my @tree_check = (
-		"COPYING", "CREDITS", "Kbuild", "MAINTAINERS", "Makefile",
-		"README", "Documentation", "arch", "include", "drivers",
-		"fs", "init", "ipc", "kernel", "lib", "scripts",
+		"COPYING", "MAINTAINERS", "Makefile",
+		"README", "docs", "VERSION",
+		"vl.c"
 	);
 
 	foreach my $check (@tree_check) {
@@ -1494,31 +1494,13 @@ sub process {
 # check we are in a valid source file C or perl if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|pl)$/);
 
-# at the beginning of a line any tabs must come first and anything
-# more than 8 must use tabs.
-		if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s* \t\s*\S/ ||
-		    $rawline =~ /^\+\s*        \s*/) {
+# in QEMU, no tabs are allowed
+		if ($rawline =~ /\t/) {
 			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
-			ERROR("code indent should use tabs where possible\n" . $herevet);
+			ERROR("code indent should never use tabs\n" . $herevet);
 			$rpt_cleaners = 1;
 		}
 
-# check for space before tabs.
-		if ($rawline =~ /^\+/ && $rawline =~ / \t/) {
-			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
-			WARN("please, no space before tabs\n" . $herevet);
-		}
-
-# check for spaces at the beginning of a line.
-# Exceptions:
-#  1) within comments
-#  2) indented preprocessor commands
-#  3) hanging labels
-		if ($rawline =~ /^\+ / && $line !~ /\+ *(?:$;|#|$Ident:)/)  {
-			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
-			WARN("please, no spaces at the start of a line\n" . $herevet);
-		}
-
 # check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/);
 
@@ -1746,7 +1728,7 @@ sub process {
 
 			#print "line<$line> prevline<$prevline> indent<$indent> sindent<$sindent> check<$check> continuation<$continuation> s<$s> cond_lines<$cond_lines> stat_real<$stat_real> stat<$stat>\n";
 
-			if ($check && (($sindent % 8) != 0 ||
+			if ($check && (($sindent % 4) != 0 ||
 			    ($sindent <= $indent && $s ne ''))) {
 				WARN("suspect code indent for conditional statements ($indent, $sindent)\n" . $herecurr . "$stat_real\n");
 			}
@@ -1869,16 +1851,6 @@ sub process {
 				$herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations
-# make sense.
-		if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {
-			WARN("do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
-
 # * goes on variable not on type
 		# (char*[ const])
 		if ($line =~ m{\($NonptrType(\s*(?:$Modifier\b\s*|\*\s*)+)\)}) {
@@ -2514,13 +2486,13 @@ sub process {
 			WARN("vmlinux.lds.h needs VMLINUX_SYMBOL() around C-visible symbols\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for redundant bracing round if etc
-		if ($line =~ /(^.*)\bif\b/ && $1 !~ /else\s*$/) {
+# check for missing bracing round if etc
+		if ($line =~ /(^.*)\bif\b/ && $line !~ /\#\s*if/) {
 			my ($level, $endln, @chunks) =
 				ctx_statement_full($linenr, $realcnt, 1);
 			#print "chunks<$#chunks> linenr<$linenr> endln<$endln> level<$level>\n";
 			#print "APW: <<$chunks[1][0]>><<$chunks[1][1]>>\n";
-			if ($#chunks > 0 && $level == 0) {
+			if ($#chunks >= 0 && $level == 0) {
 				my $allowed = 0;
 				my $seen = 0;
 				my $herectx = $here . "\n";
@@ -2558,8 +2530,8 @@ sub process {
 						$allowed = 1;
 					}
 				}
-				if ($seen && !$allowed) {
-					WARN("braces {} are not necessary for any arm of this statement\n" . $herectx);
+				if (!$seen) {
+					WARN("braces {} are necessary for all arms of this statement\n" . $herectx);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -2605,7 +2577,7 @@ sub process {
 					$allowed = 1;
 				}
 			}
-			if ($level == 0 && $block =~ /^\s*\{/ && !$allowed) {
+			if ($level == 0 && $block !~ /^\s*\{/ && !$allowed) {
 				my $herectx = $here . "\n";;
 				my $cnt = statement_rawlines($block);
 
@@ -2613,7 +2585,7 @@ sub process {
 					$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";;
 				}
 
-				WARN("braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks\n" . $herectx);
+				WARN("braces {} are necessary even for single statement blocks\n" . $herectx);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2918,10 +2890,10 @@ sub process {
 	if ($quiet == 0) {
 		# If there were whitespace errors which cleanpatch can fix
 		# then suggest that.
-		if ($rpt_cleaners) {
-			print "NOTE: whitespace errors detected, you may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or\n";
-			print "      scripts/cleanfile\n\n";
-		}
+#		if ($rpt_cleaners) {
+#			print "NOTE: whitespace errors detected, you may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or\n";
+#			print "      scripts/cleanfile\n\n";
+#		}
 	}
 
 	if ($clean == 1 && $quiet == 0) {