[LTP] [PATCH] checkpatch: relax parenthesis style checks

Andrea Cervesato andrea.cervesato@suse.de
Tue Jul 14 10:32:46 CEST 2026


From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>

The PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT and OPEN_ENDED_LINE strict checks flag common
LTP formatting that is otherwise accepted, so disable them.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
---
 .checkpatch.conf | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index a7b6219adac5fff663c99a4cafaafb7c609233a6..0b22f7811cc891e91c62565edb0663df1e0f2622 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@
 
 # ENOSYS is used in test error macros
 --ignore ENOSYS
+
+# LTP does not enforce open parenthesis alignment nor forbid a trailing '('
+--ignore PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,OPEN_ENDED_LINE

---
base-commit: 7ca5dc366a558f3666223e6abe579edd90bafd38
change-id: 20260714-checkpatch_remove_rules-e942ef47a23d

Best regards,
-- 
Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>



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