From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: avoid warning about uninitialized_var() WARNING: function definition argument 'flags' should also have an identifier name #26: FILE: drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c:1348: + unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags); Special-case uninitialized_var() to prevent this. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7db7944761b0bd88c70eb17d4b7f40fe589e14ed.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-avoid-warning-about-uninitialized_var +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ sub process { } # check for function declarations without arguments like "int foo()" - if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s+$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) { + if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s*$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) { if (ERROR("FUNCTION_WITHOUT_ARGS", "Bad function definition - $1() should probably be $1(void)\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { @@ -6287,13 +6287,17 @@ sub process { } # check for function declarations that have arguments without identifier names +# while avoiding uninitialized_var(x) if (defined $stat && - $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\))\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s && - $1 ne "void") { - my $args = trim($1); + $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*(?:($Ident)|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\))\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s && + (!defined($1) || + (defined($1) && $1 ne "uninitialized_var")) && + $2 ne "void") { + my $args = trim($2); while ($args =~ m/\s*($Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident?\s*\)\s*$balanced_parens)?)/g) { my $arg = trim($1); - if ($arg =~ /^$Type$/ && $arg !~ /enum\s+$Ident$/) { + if ($arg =~ /^$Type$/ && + $arg !~ /enum\s+$Ident$/) { WARN("FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS", "function definition argument '$arg' should also have an identifier name\n" . $herecurr); } _
