Many existing variable names use SI like variants that
should be otherwise obvious and acceptable.
Whitelist them from the CamelCase message.
Suggested-by: Phil Carmody <phil.carm...@partner.samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5989415..7e8aa1b 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",
--
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty
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