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author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2014-01-24 03:54:49 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-24 04:36:58 +0400 |
commit | 31070b5d4490c6c876e0d3b093e5d5b05e4027fa (patch) | |
tree | 7d6a71fcb471bdc4f82e6fc101d8043e966f1d15 /scripts | |
parent | 3e2232f2d03ffa531e31662c447496ec2552d85b (diff) | |
download | linux-31070b5d4490c6c876e0d3b093e5d5b05e4027fa.tar.xz |
checkpatch: add tests for function pointer style misuses
Kernel style uses function pointers in this form:
"type (*funcptr)(args...)"
Emit warnings when this function pointer form isn't used.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: Derek Perrin <d.roc16@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 59 |
1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 82fd120df0c2..19e8e862c1b9 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2811,6 +2811,65 @@ sub process { } } +# Function pointer declarations +# check spacing between type, funcptr, and args +# canonical declaration is "type (*funcptr)(args...)" +# +# the $Declare variable will capture all spaces after the type +# so check it for trailing missing spaces or multiple spaces + if ($line =~ /^.\s*($Declare)\((\s*)\*(\s*)$Ident(\s*)\)(\s*)\(/) { + my $declare = $1; + my $pre_pointer_space = $2; + my $post_pointer_space = $3; + my $funcname = $4; + my $post_funcname_space = $5; + my $pre_args_space = $6; + + if ($declare !~ /\s$/) { + WARN("SPACING", + "missing space after return type\n" . $herecurr); + } + +# unnecessary space "type (*funcptr)(args...)" + elsif ($declare =~ /\s{2,}$/) { + WARN("SPACING", + "Multiple spaces after return type\n" . $herecurr); + } + +# unnecessary space "type ( *funcptr)(args...)" + if (defined $pre_pointer_space && + $pre_pointer_space =~ /^\s/) { + WARN("SPACING", + "Unnecessary space after function pointer open parenthesis\n" . $herecurr); + } + +# unnecessary space "type (* funcptr)(args...)" + if (defined $post_pointer_space && + $post_pointer_space =~ /^\s/) { + WARN("SPACING", + "Unnecessary space before function pointer name\n" . $herecurr); + } + +# unnecessary space "type (*funcptr )(args...)" + if (defined $post_funcname_space && + $post_funcname_space =~ /^\s/) { + WARN("SPACING", + "Unnecessary space after function pointer name\n" . $herecurr); + } + +# unnecessary space "type (*funcptr) (args...)" + if (defined $pre_args_space && + $pre_args_space =~ /^\s/) { + WARN("SPACING", + "Unnecessary space before function pointer arguments\n" . $herecurr); + } + + if (show_type("SPACING") && $fix) { + $fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ + s/^(.\s*$Declare)\(\s*\*\s*($Ident)\s*\)\s*\(/rtrim($1) . " " . "\(\*$2\)\("/ex; + } + } + # check for spacing round square brackets; allowed: # 1. with a type on the left -- int [] a; # 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0...10] = 5, |