Re: [PATCH v1] checkpatch: check for #if 0/#if 1

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Wed, 2018-07-25 at 16:14 -0700, Prakruthi Deepak Heragu wrote:
> The #if 0 or #if 1 is used to toggle features. Warn if #if 0 or #if 1
> is present and suggest that they can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <pheragu@codeaurora.org>
> ---
> Changes in v1:
> - Rephrase the warning message to fit in a single line without 
>   80 column limit
> 
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 3394ed8..72513c2 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -5383,9 +5383,14 @@ sub process {
>  
>  # warn about #if 0
>  		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
> -			CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
> -			    "if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .
> -				$herecurr);
> +			WARN("IF_0",
> +			     "Consider removing the #if 0 and its #endif\n".  $herecurr);

No, this wording is not correct at all.

The entire block, i.e.: 'this code' should be considered
to be removed, not just the #if 0 and its #endif.

For #if 1 code, then just the #if 1 and the #endif should
be removed.

> +		}
> +
> +# warn about #if 1
> +		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+1\b/) {
> +			WARN("IF_1",
> +			     "Consider removing the #if 1 and its #endif\n".  $herecurr);
>  		}
>  
>  # check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses