[PATCH v1] checkpatch: check for #if 0/#if 1

From: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu
Date: Wed Jul 25 2018 - 19:18:44 EST


The #if 0 or #if 1 is used to toggle features. Warn if #if 0 or #if 1
is present and suggest that they can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <pheragu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v1:
- Rephrase the warning message to fit in a single line without
80 column limit

scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3394ed8..72513c2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5383,9 +5383,14 @@ sub process {

# warn about #if 0
if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
- CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
- "if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .
- $herecurr);
+ WARN("IF_0",
+ "Consider removing the #if 0 and its #endif\n". $herecurr);
+ }
+
+# warn about #if 1
+ if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+1\b/) {
+ WARN("IF_1",
+ "Consider removing the #if 1 and its #endif\n". $herecurr);
}

# check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses
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