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checkpatch: check for #if 0/#if 1

PATCH In review Prakruthi Deepak Heragu 2 participants 2 messages Jul 26, 2018 Checkpatch

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PATCH v2 1/1 checkpatch: check for #if 0/#if 1

The #if 0 or #if 1 is used to toggle features. Warn if #if 0 or #if 1 is present and suggest that they can be removed.

---
Changes in v2:
- Rephrase the warning for #if 0

Changes in v1:
- Rephrase the warning message to fit in a single line without 80 column limit

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
scripts/checkpatch.pl +8 -3
index 3394ed8..1dfe83f 100755
@@ -5383,9 +5383,14 @@ sub process {
 
 # warn about #if 0
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
-			CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
-			    "if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .
-				$herecurr);
+			WARN("IF_0",
+			     "Consider removing the code enclosed by this #if 0 and its #endif\n".  $herecurr);
+		}
+
+# warn about #if 1
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+1\b/) {
+			WARN("IF_1",
+			     "Consider removing the #if 1 and its #endif\n".  $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses
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Quoted 5 lines · Prakruthi Deepak Heragu

The #if 0 or #if 1 is used to toggle features. Warn if #if 0 or #if 1 is present and suggest that they can be removed.

Andrew, can you please move the misplaced periods below to the appropriate positions?

Otherwise:

scripts/checkpatch.pl

Quoted 1 line
scripts/checkpatch.pl +0 -0

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scripts/checkpatch.pl sub process { · line 5387

Quoted 9 lines
scripts/checkpatch.pl +2 -3
@@ -5383,9 +5383,14 @@ sub process {
 
 # warn about #if 0
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
-			CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
-			    "if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .
-				$herecurr);
+			WARN("IF_0",
+			     "Consider removing the code enclosed by this #if 0 and its #endif\n".  $herecurr);

This should have a space before the . and only one space after.

scripts/checkpatch.pl sub process { · line 5393

Quoted 6 lines
scripts/checkpatch.pl +6 -0
+		}
+
+# warn about #if 1
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+1\b/) {
+			WARN("IF_1",
+			     "Consider removing the #if 1 and its #endif\n".  $herecurr);

here too

Quoted 3 lines
scripts/checkpatch.pl +0 -0
 		}
 
 # check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses