[PATCH] scripts: checkpatch: add check for simplifying Result<()> in Rust

[Manas via B4 Relay]

From: Manas <manas18244@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The type Result<()> can be rewritten simply as Result, as default type
parameters are unit `()` and `Error` types already. Thus keep usage of
`Result` consistent throughout codebase.

Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1128
Not-yet-signed-off-by: Manas <manas18244@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Note: The blockage due to my Signed-off-by tag is being resolved in
private. For now I am adding Not-yet-signed-off-by tag.
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 scripts/checkpatch.pl                  |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index abb3ff6820766ee0c29112b256bcc44ce41fffba..7bf1fc7d4d7b490b32b8863365afe12a6732d6c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -1018,6 +1018,16 @@ Functions and Variables
 
       return bar;
 
+  **SIMPLIFIED_RESULT**
+    simplifies Result<()> in Rust codebase as Result because default type
+    parameters are unit and Error types::
+
+      fn foo(x: Result<()>) -> Result<()> {}
+
+    can be rewritten as::
+
+      fn foo(x: Result) -> Result {}
+
 
 Permissions
 -----------
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9eed3683ad76caffbbb2418e5dbea7551d374406..ddc943fd4a62d58cee92f8723e7634af4ca69e32 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3574,6 +3574,15 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# Check for Result<()> usage in Rust code
+    if ($realfile =~ /\.rs$/ &&
+        $sline =~ /^\+.*Result<\(\)>/) {
+      $check = 1;
+      if (CHK("SIMPLIFIED_RESULT", "Result<()> can be rewritten simply as Result\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) {
+        $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/Result<\(\)>/Result/g;
+      }
+    }
+
 # ignore non-hunk lines and lines being removed
 		next if (!$hunk_line || $line =~ /^-/);
 

---
base-commit: 1dc707e647bc919834eff9636c8d00b78c782545
change-id: 20241125-add-checkpatch-result-simplify-8def44860489

Best regards,
-- 
Manas <manas18244@xxxxxxxxxxx>