From 27fdce43084d5c12ebb527e5b70a5fe1a763a355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:23:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files Using the extern keyword on function prototypes is superfluous visual noise so suggest removing it. Using extern can cause unnecessary line wrapping at 80 columns and unnecessarily long multi-line function prototypes. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 7c79c91662c80..e2cb1f4621b7e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3878,6 +3878,16 @@ sub process { } } +# check for new externs in .h files. + if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ && + $line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) { + if (WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS", + "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/(.*)\bextern\b\s*(.*)/$1$2/; + } + } + # check for new externs in .c files. if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat && $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s) -- 2.39.5