From 263afd39c06f5939ef943e0d535380d4b8e56484 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Down Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:22:04 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts This check erroneously flags cases like the one in my recent printk enumeration patch[0], where the spaces are syntactic, and `section:' vs. `section :' is syntactically important: ERROR: space prohibited before that ':' (ctx:WxW) #258: FILE: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:314: + .printk_fmts : AT(ADDR(.printk_fmts) - LOAD_OFFSET) { 0: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1375749/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YBwhqsc2TIVeid3t@chrisdown.name Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YB6UsjCOy1qrrlSD@chrisdown.name Signed-off-by: Chris Down Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 3cdc0703e00f..75c93316547b 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ sub process { # A colon needs no spaces before when it is # terminating a case value or a label. } elsif ($opv eq ':C' || $opv eq ':L') { - if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) { + if ($ctx =~ /Wx./ and $realfile !~ m@.*\.lds\.h$@) { if (ERROR("SPACING", "space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) { $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]); -- 2.20.1