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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2017-02-24 15:01:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -0800 |
| commit | 77cb8546bcd733c95bafe6b47481e5788e0e44d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 329fa6ec74b1da33d032cdc1c7a90187fd8196f2 /scripts | |
| parent | 69c78423b8f439b077929410bdf8f88e7031b891 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-77cb8546bcd733c95bafe6b47481e5788e0e44d0.tar.gz lwn-77cb8546bcd733c95bafe6b47481e5788e0e44d0.zip | |
checkpatch: warn on embedded function names
Embedded function names are less appropriate to use when refactoring can
cause function renaming. Prefer the use of "%s", __func__ to embedded
function names.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ac9631fdbac5af3507c5bfe88ad9064f0ed764ec.1483510416.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 982c52ca6473..4f53093a1b0b 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ sub process { my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1; my $in_commit_log = 0; #Scanning lines before patch my $has_commit_log = 0; #Encountered lines before patch - my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0; + my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0; my $commit_log_long_line = 0; my $commit_log_has_diff = 0; my $reported_maintainer_file = 0; @@ -2154,6 +2154,7 @@ sub process { my $realline = 0; my $realcnt = 0; my $here = ''; + my $context_function; #undef'd unless there's a known function my $in_comment = 0; my $comment_edge = 0; my $first_line = 0; @@ -2192,7 +2193,8 @@ sub process { } #next; } - if ($rawline=~/^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) { + if ($rawline=~/^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@(.*)/) { + my $context = $4; $realline=$1-1; if (defined $2) { $realcnt=$3+1; @@ -2201,6 +2203,12 @@ sub process { } $in_comment = 0; + if ($context =~ /\b(\w+)\s*\(/) { + $context_function = $1; + } else { + undef $context_function; + } + # Guestimate if this is a continuing comment. Run # the context looking for a comment "edge". If this # edge is a close comment then we must be in a comment @@ -5157,6 +5165,16 @@ sub process { "break quoted strings at a space character\n" . $hereprev); } +#check for an embedded function name in a string when the function is known +# as part of a diff. This does not work for -f --file checking as it +#depends on patch context providing the function name + if ($line =~ /^\+.*$String/ && + defined($context_function) && + get_quoted_string($line, $rawline) =~ /\b$context_function\b/) { + WARN("EMBEDDED_FUNCTION_NAME", + "Prefer using \"%s\", __func__ to embedded function names\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for spaces before a quoted newline if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) { if (WARN("QUOTED_WHITESPACE_BEFORE_NEWLINE", |