Re: [PATCH] scripts: add macro_checker script to check unused parameters in macros

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:03:53 -0400 Julian Sun <sunjunchao2870@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > "make help | grep check" shows we have a few ad-hoc integrations but I
> > > wonder if we would benefit from a top-level `make static-checks'
> > > target?
> I have another idea. I asked some of my friends,  they are familiar
> with scripts/checkpatch.pl and usually use it to check patches before
> submitting them. Therefore, can we integrate some checking tools like
> includecheck and macro_checker into checkpatch?

Well, checkpatch is for checking patches - it will check whole files
but isn't typically used that way as far as I know.

A higher-level script which bundles the various static checking tools
would be the way to go.