Re: checkpatch, a patch checking script.

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:11:36AM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
 > > I'm all ears for additional regexps, bug reports or other suggestions.
 > 
 > Neat.
 > 
 > Does it check for:
 > 
 > functions marked extern?
 > pulling in external functions or variables without a header file?
 > return used as a function, eg return(foo);?

These sound a little more tricky than just dumb regexps.
I don't want to expand this to a fullblown C parser (given
that we have sparse which can do a better job), but I don't
object to adding some extra code to give the searches more
context.

	Dave

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