On Fri, 2013-02-22 at 17:01 -0500, Peter Hurley wrote: > I didn't bother to mention it before, but since your addressing mm > CamelCase exceptions, perhaps > > xxxx_XXXX > xx_XXX_xxx > XXX_xxx > > could be exceptions as well?
Maybe the check should only be for "[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]" to make '_' and any non-alpha char a name barrier. So vars like A_foo or b_9A would be acceptable. Maybe: --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 747bcd7..e08e9f6 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2929,8 +2929,8 @@ sub process { while ($line =~ m{($Constant|$Lval)}g) { my $var = $1; if ($var !~ /$Constant/ && - $var =~ /[A-Z]\w*[a-z]|[a-z]\w*[A-Z]/ && - $var !~ /^Page[A-Z]/ && + $var =~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/ && + $var !~ /"^(?:Clear|Set|TestClear|TestSet|)Page[A-Z]/ && && !defined $camelcase{$var}) { $camelcase{$var} = 1; WARN("CAMELCASE", -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/