Add a test for macro arguents that have a non-comma leading or trailing operator where the argument isn't parenthesized to avoid possible precedence issues.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index f135f8e..6e067e5 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4836,7 +4836,7 @@ sub process { # check if any macro arguments are reused (ignore '...' and 'type') foreach my $arg (@def_args) { next if ($arg =~ /\.\.\./); - next if ($arg =~ /^type$/); + next if ($arg =~ /^type$/i); my $tmp = $define_stmt; $tmp =~ s/\b(typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g; $tmp =~ s/\#\s*$arg\b//g; @@ -4846,6 +4846,13 @@ sub process { CHK("MACRO_ARG_REUSE", "Macro argument reuse '$arg' - possible side-effects?\n" . "$herectx"); } ++# check if any macro arguments may have other precedence issues + if ($define_stmt =~ m/($Operators)?\s*\b$arg\b\s*($Operators)?/m && + ((defined($1) && $1 ne ',') || + (defined($2) && $2 ne ','))) { + CHK("MACRO_ARG_PRECEDENCE", + "Macro argument '$arg' may be better as '($arg)' to avoid precedence issues\n" . "$herectx"); + } } # check for macros with flow control, but without ## concatenation -- 2.10.0.rc2.1.g053435c
