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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2013-07-03 15:05:33 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-03 16:07:45 -0700
commit22735ce857a2d9f4e6eec37c36be3fcf9d21d154 (patch)
treeef64119a99ffce6a804a7ff2d9a0e316934b2654 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent786b632622800d73d9b0355c9a79b3f3b5792c6c (diff)
checkpatch: ignore SI unit CamelCase variants like "_uV"
Many existing variable names use SI like variants that should be otherwise obvious and acceptable. Whitelist them from the CamelCase message. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Phil Carmody <phil.carmody@partner.samsung.com> Acked-by: Phil Carmody <phil.carmody@partner.samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5989415985a..7e8aa1bb072 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3195,7 +3195,10 @@ sub process {
#CamelCase
if ($var !~ /^$Constant$/ &&
$var =~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/ &&
+#Ignore Page<foo> variants
$var !~ /^(?:Clear|Set|TestClear|TestSet|)Page[A-Z]/ &&
+#Ignore SI style variants like nS, mV and dB (ie: max_uV, regulator_min_uA_show)
+ $var !~ /^(?:[a-z_]*?)_?[a-z][A-Z](?:_[a-z_]+)?$/ &&
!defined $camelcase{$var}) {
$camelcase{$var} = 1;
CHK("CAMELCASE",