checkpatch: warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files
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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@ -3878,6 +3878,16 @@ sub process {
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# check for new externs in .h files.
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if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
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$line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
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if (WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
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"extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
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$fix) {
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$fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/(.*)\bextern\b\s*(.*)/$1$2/;
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}
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}
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# check for new externs in .c files.
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if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
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$stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s)
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