linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch, a patch checking script.

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Message-ID: <20070428171101.GC20646@redhat.com>
Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:11:01 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: checkpatch, a patch checking script.

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:11:36AM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
 > > I'm all ears for additional regexps, bug reports or other suggestions.
 > 
 > Neat.
 > 
 > Does it check for:
 > 
 > functions marked extern?
 > pulling in external functions or variables without a header file?
 > return used as a function, eg return(foo);?

These sound a little more tricky than just dumb regexps.
I don't want to expand this to a fullblown C parser (given
that we have sparse which can do a better job), but I don't
object to adding some extra code to give the searches more
context.

	Dave

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