checkpatch: warn when casting constants to c90 int or longer types
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:59:15 +0000 (14:59 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 21 Jan 2016 01:09:18 +0000 (17:09 -0800)
commit938224b5e596c1c30d968ffd927a578ea7c4f45b
tree8d2ae9d42c9bc887f0dc984979d2e7c01ecf990d
parentf5948701891322770ad6ede317da5fc9cf33d2f0
checkpatch: warn when casting constants to c90 int or longer types

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I can't but help to react that this:
>  #define IOMMU_ERROR_CODE       (~(unsigned long) 0)
> Not that this *matters*, but it's a bit odd to have to cast constants
> to perfectly regular C types.

So add a test that looks for constants that are cast to
standard C90 int or longer types and suggest using C90
"6.4.4.1 Integer constants" integer-suffixes instead.

Miscellanea:

o Add a --fix option too

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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