Global and static variables don't need to be initialized to 0. There is already a test for this but the output message doesn't mention booleans initialized to false.
Improve the output message and the test by adding various forms with possible specific integer types and possible multiple zeros. Miscellanea: o Use a variable to hold the possible 0 test Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 2d88cbf9..2b3c228 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x: $typeKernelTypedefs\b )}; +our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b}; + our $logFunctions = qr{(?x: printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|)| (?:[a-z0-9]+_){1,2}(?:printk|emerg|alert|crit|err|warning|warn|notice|info|debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|cont|WARN)(?:_ratelimited|_once|)| @@ -3334,21 +3336,20 @@ sub process { } # check for global initialisers. - if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*(?:0|NULL|false)\s*;/) { + if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) { if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS", - "do not initialise globals to 0 or NULL\n" . - $herecurr) && + "do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { - $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/; + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*)\s*=\s*$zero_initializer\s*;/$1;/; } } # check for static initialisers. - if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) { + if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) { if (ERROR("INITIALISED_STATIC", - "do not initialise statics to 0 or NULL\n" . + "do not initialise statics to $1\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { - $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/; + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*$zero_initializer\s*;/$1;/; } } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
