Re: clang-format inconsistencies with checkpatch.pl

[Mickaël Salaün]

On 23/04/2022 18:14, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Hi Mickaël,
>
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 1:45 PM Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I also noticed that there is some clang-format configuration lines that
> > are commented because of incompatibilities with versions older than 6.
> > Shouldn't we require a minimal version, at least the 6th?
>
> I will be increasing this cycle the version to 11, which is the
> minimum LLVM supported at the moment, and then keep it sync'd to that
> minimum.

OK, thanks.

> > About checkpatch.pl, it incorrectly warns about space between function
> > name and open parenthesis for *for_each* functions (specifically
> > interpreted as "for" statements in .clang-format, e.g. list_for_each_entry).
>
> Note that the prevailing kernel style is to not have a space. This
> should be fixed with the increase to 11.

I was talking about the ForEachMacros exceptions. Should these be 
removed or at least not updated for new for_each functions [1]?

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220412153906.428179-1-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx