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[v2,3/6] tools/checkpatch: relax constraints on __rte_experimental

Message ID 20190906190510.11146-4-honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com
State New
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Series lib/ring: templates to support custom element size | expand

Commit Message

Honnappa Nagarahalli Sept. 6, 2019, 7:05 p.m. UTC 
Relax the constraints on __rte_experimental usage, allow redefining
to macros.

Signed-off-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli@arm.com>

Reviewed-by: Gavin Hu <gavin.hu@arm.com>

---
 devtools/checkpatches.sh | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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2.17.1
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diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index 560e6ce93..090c9b08a 100755
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -99,9 +99,14 @@  check_experimental_tags() { # <patch>
 			ret = 1;
 		}
 		if ($1 != "+__rte_experimental" || $2 != "") {
-			print "__rte_experimental must appear alone on the line" \
-				" immediately preceding the return type of a function."
-			ret = 1;
+			# code such as "#define XYZ __rte_experimental" is
+			# allowed
+			if ($1 != "+#define") {
+				print "__rte_experimental must appear alone " \
+				      "on the line immediately preceding the " \
+				      "return type of a function."
+				ret = 1;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	END {