__must_be_array, offsetof, sizeof_field and __stringify are all preprocessor macros and do not evaluate their arguments. As such, it is safe not to warn when arguments are being reused in those four sub-expressions.
Exclude those so that they can pass checkpatch. Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vinc...@wanadoo.fr> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index df8b23dc1eb0..25ee4fd5b118 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5736,7 +5736,7 @@ sub process { next if ($arg =~ /\.\.\./); next if ($arg =~ /^type$/i); my $tmp_stmt = $define_stmt; - $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(sizeof|typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g; + $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(__must_be_array|offsetof|sizeof|sizeof_field|__stringify|typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g; $tmp_stmt =~ s/\#+\s*$arg\b//g; $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\s*\#\#//g; my $use_cnt = () = $tmp_stmt =~ /\b$arg\b/g; -- 2.26.2