checkpatch: warn on #defines ending in semicolon
Using a #define ending in a semicolon is poor style and can lead to
unexpected code paths being executed.
Warn on uses of these #define types:
#define foo[(...)] bar;
#define foo[(...)] \
bar;
Based on a patch from Borislav Petkov.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bb4c842..e7ff52a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3821,6 +3821,17 @@
WARN("DO_WHILE_MACRO_WITH_TRAILING_SEMICOLON",
"do {} while (0) macros should not be semicolon terminated\n" . "$herectx");
}
+ } elsif ($dstat =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+$Ident.*;\s*$/) {
+ $ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
+ my $cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
+ my $herectx = $here . "\n";
+
+ for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+ $herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
+ }
+
+ WARN("TRAILING_SEMICOLON",
+ "macros should not use a trailing semicolon\n" . "$herectx");
}
}