On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 15:36 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 00:12:18 -0700
> Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> 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.
You didn't read my response in the thread then.
I "addressed" it by saying that the problem exists
without solution.
> In particular, I don't see a problem with people doing
>
> int foo = 1.1 * 2.2;
Neither do I but I know of no way to determine that any
calc is a constant.
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