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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2017-02-24 15:01:28 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-24 17:46:57 -0800
commit77cb8546bcd733c95bafe6b47481e5788e0e44d0 (patch)
tree329fa6ec74b1da33d032cdc1c7a90187fd8196f2 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent69c78423b8f439b077929410bdf8f88e7031b891 (diff)
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/checkpatch.pl')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl22
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",