Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Add warning for new __packed additions

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:20 -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> On 02/24/2014 05:08 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 17:04 -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> >> I've got this modified to a CHK and only for non-file usage.  Anything
> >> else we want to talk about before I repost?
> > 
> > Probably not, but I'm still not convinced it's useful.
> > 
> > Have you found a case where it's currently specified
> > but not useful?
> 
> Well, U-Boot and the kernel both share the dubious to incorrect __packed
> horror of cros_ec things (see include/linux/mfd/cros_ec_commands.h).

Are the __packed entries in cros_ec dubious?

Maybe the ones that don't seem to need them
because the are naturally 32 bit aligned, but
the others that are u16 aligned probably _do_
need __packed.

> If this is really not seen as useful for the kernel, that's fine, I'll
> drop it.  I mainly did this for U-Boot where we do want a bit more loud
> screaming going on when people add __packed to make sure it's for a good
> reason.  Wanted to be a good neighbor so to speak and see if upstream
> wants it too.

I don't mind keeping checkpatch compatible with U-Boot
requirements, but probably not on by default.

Maybe there would be some "UBOOT-<foo>" type specific entries
that could be default off but enabled with some wildcard or
a .checkpatch.conf specific file for U-Boot.