From b1be5844c1a0124a49a30a20a189d0a53aa10578 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xining Xu Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 15:27:57 +1200 Subject: scripts: checkpatch: check unused parameters for function-like macro 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 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240507032757.146386-3-21cnbao@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Xining Xu Tested-by: Barry Song Signed-off-by: Barry Song Acked-by: Joe Perches Cc: Chris Zankel Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Herbert Xu Cc: Guenter Roeck Cc: Stephen Rothwell Cc: Mark Brown Cc: Andy Whitcroft Cc: Dwaipayan Ray Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Lukas Bulwahn Cc: Max Filippov Cc: Jeff Johnson Cc: Charlemagne Lasse Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl') diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9c4c4a61bc83..2b812210b412 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b