# \[PATCH\] checkpatch: support function pointers for unnamed function definition arguments

- From: Miles Chen \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-09-14 03:01:31 
- List: linux-mediatek
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-mediatek/2017/09/5087907
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-mediatek/2017/09/5087907/t.md

```text
Current unnamed function definition argument does not include function
pointer cases and it reports warnings like:

WARNING: function definition argument 'void' should also have an identifier name
+unsigned int (*dummy)(void);

Support function pointers for unnamed function arguments.

Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <redacted>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dd2c262..dc6da15 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5957,7 +5957,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for function declarations that have arguments without identifier names
 		if (defined $stat &&
-		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s &&
+		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*\(?\s*\*?\s*$Ident\s*\)\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s &&
 		    $1 ne "void") {
 			my $args = trim($1);
 			while ($args =~ m/\s*($Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident?\s*\)\s*$balanced_parens)?)/g) {
-- 
1.9.1
```