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

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Fri Jul 24 13:31:19 CEST 2026


> > I'd say it depends how your displays tabs (if tabs are in the sources, we have
> > .editorconfig, but not all not all developers have their editor set to use it).
> > In certain setup it does not look OK + the problem of inconsistency, but I'm ok
> > to ignore it.

> At the moment i use the standard kernel guidelines for TAB (8 spaces)


> > > > * OPEN_ENDED_LINE asks for not ending line with '(' or '['.
> > > > i.e. instead of this:
> > > > 	ruleset_fd = TST_EXP_FD_SILENT(
> > > > 								   tst_syscall(__NR_landlock_create_ruleset, ruleset_attr,
> > > > 						   sizeof(struct tst_landlock_ruleset_attr_abi1), 0));
> > > > have this:
> > > > 	ruleset_fd = TST_EXP_FD_SILENT(tst_syscall(__NR_landlock_create_ruleset, ruleset_attr,
> > > > 						   sizeof(struct tst_landlock_ruleset_attr_abi1), 0));

> > > you choose the right example, landlock testing suite has been updated to
> > > match this rule and now it has stuff like:

> > > 	apply_landlock_fs_layer(ruleset_attr, sizeof(struct tst_landlock_ruleset_attr_abi1),
> > > 				path_beneath_attr, MNTPOINT, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV);

> For some reason my email client is not showing the correct spaces in the
> example:

> my_ret_val = apply_landlock_fs_layer(ruleset_attr, sizeof(struct tst_landlock_ruleset_attr_abi1),
>                                      path_beneath_attr, MNTPOINT, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV);

> or:


> my_ret_val = apply_landlock_fs_layer(ruleset_attr,
>                                      sizeof(struct tst_landlock_ruleset_attr_abi1),
>                                      path_beneath_attr,
>                                      MNTPOINT, LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV);

> to escape the 80-100 lines rule.

As I wrote, I prefer more arguments in the line than a single one.

Anyway, I tend to send RFC patch to add OPEN_ENDED_LINE, to see what others
think about it. But if you're strongly against it, I would not want to enforce
you.

Kind regards,
Petr


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