On Fri, Dec 12 2014, Joe Perches <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-12-12 at 11:51 +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> Since fe7c36c7 ("Makefile: Build with -Werror=date-time if the
>> compiler supports it"), use of __DATE__, __TIME__, __TIMESTAMP__ has
>> been disallowed. This hasn't prevented a few new users from creeping
>> in. Make checkpatch complain.
>> +
>> +# Use of __DATE__, __TIME__, __TIMESTAMP__ is not allowed
>> + if ($line =~ m/\b__(?:DATE|TIME|TIMESTAMP)__\b/) {
>> + ERROR("DATETIME", "Do not use the macros __DATE__, __TIME__
>> and __TIMESTAMP__\n" . $herecurr)
>
> I'd probably add that adjacent to the existing __FUNCTION__
> test near line 5000 and make the test show the specific macro
> used.
Yeah, that makes sense. I didn't really know where to put it.
> Maybe add __LINE__ and __FILE__ as a separate --strict test too.
Are those also disallowed, or is it just that new users shouldn't be
added?
> Also the error message should should show the specific macro and
> if __DATE__ and __TIME__ are on the same line, the error should
> be emitted twice.
>
> Maybe:
> while ($line =~ /\b(__(?:DATE|TIME|TIMESTAMP)__)\b/g) {
> ERROR("DATETIME",
> "Do not use the $1 macro\n" . $herecurr);
> }
Looks good to me. I could resend, but can't really claim
authorship. Joe, mind taking it from here?
Rasmus
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