linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Check for functions without a real prototype

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Date:	Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:04:34 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	apw@...onical.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Check for functions without a real prototype

Functions like this one are evil:

void foo()
{
	...
}

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
CC: hpa@...or.com
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a3b9782..acc5e0f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2304,6 +2304,19 @@ sub process {
 			      "open brace '{' following function declarations go on the next line\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+		if ($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(\)/) {
+			ERROR("FUNCTION_NO_PROTOTYPE",
+"Function without a real prototype\n" . $herecurr .
+"Thou shalt not, in the language of C, under any circumstances, on the
+pain of death, declare or define a function with an empty set of
+parentheses, for though in the language of C++ it meaneth the same as
+(void), in C it meaneth (...) which is of meaningless as there be no
+anchor argument by which the types of the varadic arguments can be
+expressed, and which misleadeth the compiler into allowing unsavory code
+and in some cases generate really ugly stuff for varadic handling.
+	-hpa\n");
+		}
+
 # open braces for enum, union and struct go on the same line.
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*{/ &&
 		    $prevline =~ /^.\s*(?:typedef\s+)?(enum|union|struct)(?:\s+$Ident)?\s*$/) {
-- 
1.7.7.3

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