Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Joe Perches <> | Subject | [PATCH] checkpatch: Add warning for unnamed function definition arguments | Date | Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:33:57 -0700 |
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Function definitions without identifiers like int foo(int) are not preferred. Emit a warning when they occur.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 0ef3d837f2aa..3373c65fef1c 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; -- 2.10.0.rc2.1.g053435c
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