Re: [PATCH 08/10] checkpatch: Remove awareness of uninitialized_var() macro

[Joe Perches]

On Wed, 2020-06-03 at 16:32 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings
> (e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized,
> either simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes.
> 
> In preparation for removing[2] the[3] macro[4], effectively revert
> commit 16b7f3c89907 ("checkpatch: avoid warning about uninitialized_var()")
> and remove all remaining mentions of uninitialized_var().
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

nack.  see below.

I'd prefer a simple revert, but it shouldn't
be done here.

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -4075,7 +4074,7 @@ sub process {
>  		}
>  
>  # check for function declarations without arguments like "int foo()"
> -		if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s*$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) {
> +		if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s+$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) {

This isn't right because $Type includes a possible trailing *
where there isn't a space between $Type and $Ident

e.g.:	int *bar(void);

Other than that, fine by me...