From ca0d8929e75ab1f860f61208d46955f280a1b05e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:52:16 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') 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; -- cgit v1.2.3