we currently get:
WARNING: Argument 'name' is not used in function-like macro
on:
#define DRM_CLASSMAP_USE(name) /* nothing here */
Following this advice is wrong here, and shouldn't be fixed by
ignoring args altogether; the macro should properly fail if invoked
with 0 or 2+ args.
cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4a93b2ede8cd..8933bd30317c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6046,7 +6046,7 @@ sub process {
}
# check if this is an unused argument
- if ($define_stmt !~ /\b$arg\b/) {
+ if ($define_stmt !~ /\b$arg\b/ && $define_stmt) {
WARN("MACRO_ARG_UNUSED",
"Argument '$arg' is not used in function-like macro\n" . "$herectx");
}
--
2.48.1
