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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2016-10-11 13:52:16 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-11 15:06:31 -0700
commitca0d8929e75ab1f860f61208d46955f280a1b05e (patch)
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parent5207649b7b1d2b1e1f8c97df91debfaa8de37669 (diff)
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checkpatch: add warning for unnamed function definition arguments
Function definitions without identifiers like int foo(int) are not preferred. Emit a warning when they occur. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/94fe6378504745991b650f48fc92bb4648f25706.1474925354.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0ef3d83..3373c65 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5794,6 +5794,19 @@ sub process {
"externs should be avoided in .c files\n" . $herecurr);
}
+ if ($realfile =~ /\.[ch]$/ && defined $stat &&
+ $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s &&
+ $1 ne "void") {
+ my $args = trim($1);
+ while ($args =~ m/\s*($Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident?\s*\)\s*$balanced_parens)?)/g) {
+ my $arg = trim($1);
+ if ($arg =~ /^$Type$/ && $arg !~ /enum\s+$Ident$/) {
+ WARN("FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS",
+ "function definition argument '$arg' should also have an identifier name\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
# checks for new __setup's
if ($rawline =~ /\b__setup\("([^"]*)"/) {
my $name = $1;
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