checkpatch: remove GCC_BINARY_CONSTANT warning

This warning was there to avoid the use of 0bxxx values as they are not supported by gcc prior to v4.3 Since cafa001 ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6"), it's not an issue anymore and using such values can increase readability of code. Joe said: : Seems sensible as the other compilers also support binary literals from : relatively old versions. : http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/n3472.pdf : https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/c14-features-supported-by-intel-c-compiler Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/392eeae782302ee8812a3c932a602035deed1609.1535351453.git.christophe.leroy@c-s.fr Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]> Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Oct 31, 2018 · 22ebb72 · 22ebb72
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4934,17 +4934,6 @@ sub process {
 		while ($line =~ m{($Constant|$Lval)}g) {
 			my $var = $1;
 
-#gcc binary extension
-			if ($var =~ /^$Binary$/) {
-				if (WARN("GCC_BINARY_CONSTANT",
-					 "Avoid gcc v4.3+ binary constant extension: <$var>\n" . $herecurr) &&
-				    $fix) {
-					my $hexval = sprintf("0x%x", oct($var));
-					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~
-					    s/\b$var\b/$hexval/;
-				}
-			}
-
 #CamelCase
 			if ($var !~ /^$Constant$/ &&
 			    $var =~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/ &&