From: Xining Xu <[email protected]>
If function-like macros do not utilize a parameter, it might result in a
build warning. In our coding style guidelines, we advocate for utilizing
static inline functions to replace such macros. This patch verifies
compliance with the new rule.
For a macro such as the one below,
#define test(a) do { } while (0)
The test result is as follows.
WARNING: Argument 'a' is not used in function-like macro
#21: FILE: mm/init-mm.c:20:
+#define test(a) do { } while (0)
total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 8 lines checked
Signed-off-by: Xining Xu <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Barry Song <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Barry Song <[email protected]>
Cc: Chris Zankel <[email protected]>
Cc: Huacai Chen <[email protected]>
Cc: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <[email protected]>
Cc: Mark Brown <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <[email protected]>
Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <[email protected]>
Cc: Max Filippov <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: Charlemagne Lasse <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index 127968995847..a9fac978a525 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -906,6 +906,20 @@ Macros, Attributes and Symbols
See: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1399671106.2912.21.camel@joe-AO725/
+ **MACRO_ARG_UNUSED**
+ If function-like macros do not utilize a parameter, it might result
+ in a build warning. We advocate for utilizing static inline functions
+ to replace such macros.
+ For example, for a macro such as the one below::
+
+ #define test(a) do { } while (0)
+
+ there would be a warning like below::
+
+ WARNING: Argument 'a' is not used in function-like macro.
+
+ See:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html#macros-enums-and-rtl
+
**SINGLE_STATEMENT_DO_WHILE_MACRO**
For the multi-statement macros, it is necessary to use the do-while
loop to avoid unpredictable code paths. The do-while loop helps to
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c4c4a61bc83..9895d7e38a9f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6040,6 +6040,12 @@ sub process {
CHK("MACRO_ARG_PRECEDENCE",
"Macro argument '$arg' may be
better as '($arg)' to avoid precedence issues\n" . "$herectx");
}
+
+# check if this is an unused argument
+ if ($define_stmt !~ /\b$arg\b/) {
+ WARN("MACRO_ARG_UNUSED",
+ "Argument '$arg' is not used in
function-like macro\n" . "$herectx");
+ }
}
# check for macros with flow control, but without ## concatenation
--
2.34.1
