[PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: allow multi-statement declarative macros.

[Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>]

Declarative macros, which declare/define storage (at either file or
function scope), cannot be wrapped in do-while statements.  So
checkpatch advice is incorrect here.

The code has an $exceptions regex which allows multiple statements
based on the macro name, etc; /DECLARE_PER_CPU|DEFINE_PER_CPU/ are
currently accepted, widen those to accept /DECLARE|DEFINE/.

cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>		# (maintainer:CHECKPATCH)
cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>		# (maintainer:CHECKPATCH)
cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>	# (reviewer:CHECKPATCH)
cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>	# (reviewer:CHECKPATCH)
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c4c4a61bc83..cddf4c416523 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5901,6 +5901,7 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# except for declarative macros (whether file or function scope),
 # multi-statement macros should be enclosed in a do while loop, grab the
 # first statement and ensure its the whole macro if its not enclosed
 # in a known good container
@@ -5958,8 +5959,8 @@ sub process {
 				$Declare|
 				module_param_named|
 				MODULE_PARM_DESC|
-				DECLARE_PER_CPU|
-				DEFINE_PER_CPU|
+				DECLARE|
+				DEFINE|
 				__typeof__\(|
 				union|
 				struct|
-- 
2.45.0