Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on self-assignments

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2020-09-10 at 12:51 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 05, 2020 at 10:58:29AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > The uninitialized_var() macro was removed recently via
> > commit 63a0895d960a ("compiler: Remove uninitialized_var() macro")
> > as it's not a particularly useful warning and its use can
> > "paper over real bugs".
> > 
> > Add a checkpatch test to warn on self-assignments as a means
> > to avoid compiler warnings and as a back-door mechanism to
> > reproduce the old uninitialized_var macro behavior.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I like it! :)
> 
> Can you add a section to code style and include a link in the checkpatch
> warning to it? (Feel free to just reuse the text removed from
> deprecated.rst)

Hi Kees.

I believe coding style is already a bit bloated
and more rules and content really won't add much
for new developers.

You're welcome to try to add whatever you want
to it though.

cheers, Joe