From: Xining Xu <mac.xxn@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. ERROR: Parameter 'a' is not used in function-like macro, please use static inline instead #21: FILE: mm/init-mm.c:20: +#define test(a) do { } while (0) total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 8 lines checked Signed-off-by: Xining Xu <mac.xxn@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@xxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9c4c4a61bc83..9895d7e38a9f 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 -- 2.34.1