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checkpatch: warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files

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Using the extern keyword on function prototypes is superfluous visual
noise so suggest removing it.

Using extern can cause unnecessary line wrapping at 80 columns and
unnecessarily long multi-line function prototypes.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2013-09-11 14:23:58 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 7e51f19792
commit 70dc8a4835
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@ -3878,6 +3878,16 @@ sub process {
}
}
# check for new externs in .h files.
if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
$line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
if (WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
"extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
$fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/(.*)\bextern\b\s*(.*)/$1$2/;
}
}
# check for new externs in .c files.
if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
$stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s)