On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 00:12:18 -0700
Joe Perches <[email protected]> wrote:
> Linux kernel doesn't like floating point, say so.
>
> ...
>
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2332,6 +2332,13 @@ sub process {
> "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
> }
>
> +# check for floating point constants
> +
> + if ($line =~ /\b$Float\b/) {
> + WARN("KERNEL_FLOAT",
> + "Floating point is not supported in linux kernel
> source\n" . $herecurr);
> + }
> +
> # * goes on variable not on type
> # (char*[ const])
> while ($line =~
> m{(\($NonptrType(\s*(?:$Modifier\b\s*|\*\s*)+)\))}g) {
The earlier review comments were not addressed.
In particular, I don't see a problem with people doing
int foo = 1.1 * 2.2;
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