linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on bare unsigned or signed declarations without int

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Date:	Fri,  4 Mar 2016 21:23:44 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on bare unsigned or signed declarations without int

Kernel style prefers "unsigned int <foo>" over "unsigned <foo>"
and "signed int <foo>" over "signed <foo>".

Emit a warning for these simple signed/unsigned <foo> declarations.
Fix it too if desired.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 874132b..c48b658 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3240,6 +3240,26 @@ sub process {
 #ignore lines not being added
 		next if ($line =~ /^[^\+]/);
 
+# check for declarations of signed or unsigned without int
+		while ($line =~ m{($Declare++)\s*($Ident)\s*[=,;\[\)]}g) {
+			my $type = $1;
+			my $var = $2;
+			if ($type =~ /^((?:un)?signed)((?:\s*\*)*)\s*$/) {
+				my $sign = $1;
+				my $pointer = $2;
+
+				$pointer = "" if (!defined $pointer);
+
+				if (WARN("UNSPECIFIED_INT",
+					 "Prefer '" . trim($sign) . " int" . rtrim($pointer) . "' to bare use of '$sign" . rtrim($pointer) . "'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				    $fix) {
+					my $decl = trim($sign) . " int ";
+					$decl .= trim($pointer) if (rtrim($pointer) ne "");
+					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s@\b\Q$type\E\s*$var\b@...cl$var@;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 # TEST: allow direct testing of the type matcher.
 		if ($dbg_type) {
 			if ($line =~ /^.\s*$Declare\s*$/) {
-- 
2.6.3.368.gf34be46