# \[Intel-wired-lan\] \[PATCH iwl-next v2 1/6\] checkpatch: don't complain on \_Generic() use

- From: Mateusz Polchlopek \<hidden\>
- Date: 2024-07-12 09:44:52 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2024/07/2673010
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2024/07/2673009/t.md

```text
From: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>

Improve CamelCase recognition logic to avoid reporting on
 _Generic() use.

Other C keywords, such as _Bool, are intentionally omitted, as those
should be rather avoided in new source code.

Signed-off-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <redacted>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2b812210b412..c4a087d325d4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5840,6 +5840,8 @@ sub process {
 #CamelCase
 			if ($var !~ /^$Constant$/ &&
 			    $var =~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/ &&
+#Ignore C keywords
+			    $var !~ /^_Generic$/ &&
 #Ignore some autogenerated defines and enum values
 			    $var !~ /^(?:[A-Z]+_){1,5}[A-Z]{1,3}[a-z]/ &&
 #Ignore Page<foo> variants
-- 
2.38.1

```