From 70dc8a48357ce630d8a76887a9a36f0d34c8caf2 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 7c79c91662c8..e2cb1f4621b7 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) -- 2.20.1