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checkpatch: improve MULTISTATEMENT_MACRO_USE_DO_WHILE test
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Mon, 8 May 2017 22:55:48 +0000 (15:55 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 9 May 2017 00:15:11 +0000 (17:15 -0700)
The logic currrently misses macros that start with an if statement.

e.g.:    #define foo(bar)   if (bar) baz;

Add a test for macro content that starts with if

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a9d41aafe1673889caf1a9850208fb7fd74107a0.1491783914.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Original-patch-by: Alfonso Lima <alfonsolimaastor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 3a1cb9d7474e5bbc2416df40a20d66eb74139c83..feb9e856f11dd2b43559040a708b315b1a297d5d 100755 (executable)
@@ -4849,8 +4849,10 @@ sub process {
                            $dstat !~ /^\(\{/ &&                                                # ({...
                            $ctx !~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+TRACE_(?:SYSTEM|INCLUDE_FILE|INCLUDE_PATH)\b/)
                        {
-
-                               if ($dstat =~ /;/) {
+                               if ($dstat =~ /^\s*if\b/) {
+                                       ERROR("MULTISTATEMENT_MACRO_USE_DO_WHILE",
+                                             "Macros starting with if should be enclosed by a do - while loop to avoid possible if/else logic defects\n" . "$herectx");
+                               } elsif ($dstat =~ /;/) {
                                        ERROR("MULTISTATEMENT_MACRO_USE_DO_WHILE",
                                              "Macros with multiple statements should be enclosed in a do - while loop\n" . "$herectx");
                                } else {