[PATCH] checkpatch: Add warning for unnamed function definition arguments

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Sep 26 2016 - 17:34:12 EST


Function definitions without identifiers like
int foo(int)
are not preferred. Emit a warning when they occur.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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