[RFC] quiet checkpatch style recommendation about no spaces around bitfield :

Andrew Morton akpm at linux-foundation.org
Mon Mar 31 20:56:28 UTC 2014


On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:31:38 -0700 Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote:

> > > @@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ union cvmx_usbcx_gahbcfg {
> > >  	 *	* 1'b1: Unmask the interrupt assertion to the application.
> > >  	 */
> > >  	struct cvmx_usbcx_gahbcfg_s {
> > > -		uint32_t reserved_9_31	: 23;
> > > -		uint32_t ptxfemplvl	: 1;
> > > -		uint32_t nptxfemplvl	: 1;
> > > -		uint32_t reserved_6_6	: 1;
> > > -		uint32_t dmaen		: 1;
> > > -		uint32_t hbstlen	: 4;
> > > -		uint32_t glblintrmsk	: 1;
> > > +		uint32_t reserved_9_31:23;
> > > +		uint32_t ptxfemplvl:1;
> > > +		uint32_t nptxfemplvl:1;
> > > +		uint32_t reserved_6_6:1;
> > > +		uint32_t dmaen:1;
> > > +		uint32_t hbstlen:4;
> > > +		uint32_t glblintrmsk:1;
> > >  	} s;
> > The warning here is:
> > ERROR: spaces prohibited around that ':' (ctx:WxW)
> > I have done a kernel wide search for these warnings
> 
> Really?  How?
> 
> >  and I think we
> > should disable this warning.  It has too many false positives like this.
> 
> It does seem a bit noisy to me too.
> 
> Andy?  Andrew?

I suspect we don't use bitfields enough for a particular style to have
emerged.  Personally I think the above patch made the code harder to
read, so...


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