Re: [PATCH] scripts: add macro_checker script to check unused parameters in macros

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On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:11:54 -0400 Julian Sun <sunjunchao2870@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Recently, I saw a patch[1] on the ext4 mailing list regarding
> the correction of a macro definition error. Jan mentioned
> that "The bug in the macro is a really nasty trap...".
> Because existing compilers are unable to detect
> unused parameters in macro definitions. This inspired me
> to write a script to check for unused parameters in
> macro definitions and to run it.

Seems a useful contribution thanks.  And a nice changelog!

>  scripts/macro_checker.py | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Makes me wonder who will run this, and why.  Perhaps a few people will
run ls and wonder "hey, what's that".  But many people who might have
been interested in running this simply won't know about it.

"make help | grep check" shows we have a few ad-hoc integrations but I
wonder if we would benefit from a top-level `make static-checks'
target?




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