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diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8fa845cefe11 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/uninitialized_var.cocci @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +/// +/// Please, don't reintroduce uninitialized_var(). +/// From Documentation/process/deprecated.rst: +/// For any compiler warnings about uninitialized variables, just add +/// an initializer. Using warning-silencing tricks is dangerous as it +/// papers over real bugs (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated +/// compiler warnings (e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it +/// is uninitialized, either simply initialize the variable or make compiler +/// changes. Keep in mind that in most cases, if an initialization is +/// obviously redundant, the compiler's dead-store elimination pass will make +/// sure there are no needless variable writes. +/// +// Confidence: High +// Copyright: (C) 2020 Denis Efremov ISPRAS +// Options: --no-includes --include-headers +// + +virtual context +virtual report +virtual org + +@r@ +identifier var; +type T; +position p; +@@ + +( +* T var =@p var; +| +* T var =@p *(&(var)); +| +* var =@p var +| +* var =@p *(&(var)) +) + +@script:python depends on report@ +p << r.p; +@@ + +coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], + "WARNING this kind of initialization is deprecated (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#uninitialized-var)") + +@script:python depends on org@ +p << r.p; +@@ + +coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], + "WARNING this kind of initialization is deprecated (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#uninitialized-var)") |