From 5b8f82e1a17695c9e5fec5842b234967782d7e5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Song Liu Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:22:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: do not apply "initialise globals to 0" check to BPF progs BPF programs explicitly initialise global variables to 0 to make sure clang (v10 or older) do not put the variables in the common section. Skip "initialise globals to 0" check for BPF programs to elimiate error messages like: ERROR: do not initialise globals to 0 #19: FILE: samples/bpf/tracex1_kern.c:21: Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210209211954.490077-1-songliubraving@fb.com Signed-off-by: Song Liu Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 75c93316547b..df8b23dc1eb0 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2453,6 +2453,15 @@ sub get_raw_comment { return $comment; } +sub exclude_global_initialisers { + my ($realfile) = @_; + + # Do not check for BPF programs (tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/*.c, samples/bpf/*_kern.c, *.bpf.c). + return $realfile =~ m@^tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/.*\.c$@ || + $realfile =~ m@^samples/bpf/.*_kern\.c$@ || + $realfile =~ m@/bpf/.*\.bpf\.c$@; +} + sub process { my $filename = shift; @@ -4358,7 +4367,8 @@ sub process { } # check for global initialisers. - if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) { + if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/ && + !exclude_global_initialisers($realfile)) { if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS", "do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) {