checkpatch: add test for comma use that should be semicolon
There are commas used as statement terminations that should typically have
used semicolons instead. Only direct assignments or use of a single
function or value on a single line are detected by this test.
e.g.:
foo = bar(), /* typical use is semicolon not comma */
bar = baz();
Add an imperfect test to detect these comma uses.
No false positives were found in testing, but many types of false
negatives are possible.
e.g.:
foo = bar() + 1, /* comma use, but not direct assignment */
bar = baz();
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3bf27caf462007dfa75647b040ab3191374a59de.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 268028e..74ccd12 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4940,6 +4940,17 @@
}
}
+# check if a statement with a comma should be two statements like:
+# foo = bar(), /* comma should be semicolon */
+# bar = baz();
+ if (defined($stat) &&
+ $stat =~ /^\+\s*(?:$Lval\s*$Assignment\s*)?$FuncArg\s*,\s*(?:$Lval\s*$Assignment\s*)?$FuncArg\s*;\s*$/) {
+ my $cnt = statement_rawlines($stat);
+ my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
+ WARN("SUSPECT_COMMA_SEMICOLON",
+ "Possible comma where semicolon could be used\n" . $herectx);
+ }
+
# return is not a function
if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)\(/s) {
my $spacing = $1;
