The current checkpatch test for split strings does not find several cases that should be found.
For instance: diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c [] @@ -1868,7 +1865,8 @@ static void rs_rate_scale_perform(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, /* Else poor success; go back to mode in "active" table */ } else { IWL_DEBUG_RATE(mvm, - "LQ: GOING BACK TO THE OLD TABLE suc=%d cur-tpt=%d old-tpt=%d\n", + "GOING BACK TO THE OLD TABLE: SR %d " + "cur-tpt %d old-tpt %d\n", window->success_ratio, window->average_tpt, lq_sta->last_tpt); does not currently emit a warning. Improve the test to find these cases. Add more exceptions to reduce false positives for assembly and octal/hex string constants. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 38be5d5..1d0d5ac 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2049,16 +2049,12 @@ sub process { } # Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability -# to grep for the string. Limited to strings used as parameters (those -# following an open parenthesis), which almost completely eliminates false -# positives, as well as warning only once per parameter rather than once per -# line of the string. Make an exception when the previous string ends in a -# newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or \n\t (common in inline -# assembly to indent the instruction on the following line). +# to grep for the string. Make exceptions when the previous string ends in a +# newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or '\t', '\r', ';', or '{' +# (common in inline assembly) or is a octal \123 or hexadecimal \xaf value if ($line =~ /^\+\s*"/ && $prevline =~ /"\s*$/ && - $prevline =~ /\(/ && - $prevrawline !~ /\\n(?:\\t)*"\s*$/) { + $prevrawline !~ /(?:\\(?:[ntr]|[0-7]{1,3}|x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2})|;\s*|\{\s*)"\s*$/) { WARN("SPLIT_STRING", "quoted string split across lines\n" . $hereprev); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/