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# checksrc
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This is the tool we use within the curl project to scan C source code and
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check that it adheres to our [Source Code Style guide](CODE_STYLE.md).
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## Usage
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checksrc.pl [options] [file1] [file2] ...
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## Command line options
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`-W[file]` skip that file and excludes it from being checked. Helpful
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when, for example, one of the files is generated.
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`-D[dir]` directory name to prepend to file names when accessing them.
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`-h` shows the help output, that also lists all recognized warnings
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## What does checksrc warn for?
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checksrc does not check and verify the code against the entire style guide,
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but the script is instead an effort to detect the most common mistakes and
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syntax mistakes that contributors make before they get accustomed to our code
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style. Heck, many of us regulars do the mistakes too and this script helps us
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keep the code in shape.
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checksrc.pl -h
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Lists how to use the script and it lists all existing warnings it has and
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problems it detects. At the time of this writing, the existing checksrc
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warnings are:
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- `ASSIGNWITHINCONDITION`: Assignment within a conditional expression. The
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code style mandates the assignment to be done outside of it.
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- `ASTERISKNOSPACE`: A pointer was declared like `char* name` instead of the more
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appropriate `char *name` style. The asterisk should sit next to the name.
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- `ASTERISKSPACE`: A pointer was declared like `char * name` instead of the
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more appropriate `char *name` style. The asterisk should sit right next to
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the name without a space in between.
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- `BADCOMMAND`: There's a bad !checksrc! instruction in the code. See the
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**Ignore certain warnings** section below for details.
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- `BANNEDFUNC`: A banned function was used. The functions sprintf, vsprintf,
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strcat, strncat, gets are **never** allowed in curl source code.
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- `BRACEELSE`: '} else' on the same line. The else is supposed to be on the
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following line.
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- `BRACEPOS`: wrong position for an open brace (`{`).
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- `COMMANOSPACE`: a comma without following space
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- `COPYRIGHT`: the file is missing a copyright statement!
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- `CPPCOMMENTS`: `//` comment detected, that's not C89 compliant
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- `FOPENMODE`: `fopen()` needs a macro for the mode string, use it
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- `INDENTATION`: detected a wrong start column for code. Note that this
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warning only checks some specific places and will certainly miss many bad
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indentations.
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- `LONGLINE`: A line is longer than 79 columns.
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- `MULTISPACE`: Multiple spaces were found where only one should be used.
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- `NOSPACEEQUALS`: An equals sign was found without preceding space. We prefer
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`a = 2` and *not* `a=2`.
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- `ONELINECONDITION`: do not put the conditional block on the same line as `if()`
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- `OPENCOMMENT`: File ended with a comment (`/*`) still "open".
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- `PARENBRACE`: `){` was used without sufficient space in between.
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- `RETURNNOSPACE`: `return` was used without space between the keyword and the
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following value.
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- `SEMINOSPACE`: There was no space (or newline) following a semicolon.
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- `SIZEOFNOPAREN`: Found use of sizeof without parentheses. We prefer
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`sizeof(int)` style.
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- `SNPRINTF` - Found use of `snprintf()`. Since we use an internal replacement
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with a different return code etc, we prefer `msnprintf()`.
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- `SPACEAFTERPAREN`: there was a space after open parenthesis, `( text`.
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- `SPACEBEFORECLOSE`: there was a space before a close parenthesis, `text )`.
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- `SPACEBEFORECOMMA`: there was a space before a comma, `one , two`.
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- `SPACEBEFOREPAREN`: there was a space before an open parenthesis, `if (`,
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where one was not expected
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- `SPACESEMICOLON`: there was a space before semicolon, ` ;`.
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- `TABS`: TAB characters are not allowed!
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- `TRAILINGSPACE`: Trailing whitespace on the line
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- `TYPEDEFSTRUCT`: we frown upon (most) typedefed structs
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- `UNUSEDIGNORE`: a checksrc inlined warning ignore was asked for but not used,
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that's an ignore that should be removed or changed to get used.
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### Extended warnings
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Some warnings are quite computationally expensive to perform, so they are
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turned off by default. To enable these warnings, place a `.checksrc` file in
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the directory where they should be activated with commands to enable the
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warnings you are interested in. The format of the file is to enable one
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warning per line like so: `enable <EXTENDEDWARNING>`
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Currently there is one extended warning which can be enabled:
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- `COPYRIGHTYEAR`: the current changeset hasn't updated the copyright year in
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the source file
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## Ignore certain warnings
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Due to the nature of the source code and the flaws of the checksrc tool, there
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is sometimes a need to ignore specific warnings. checksrc allows a few
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different ways to do this.
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### Inline ignore
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You can control what to ignore within a specific source file by providing
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instructions to checksrc in the source code itself. You need a magic marker
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that is `!checksrc!` followed by the instruction. The instruction can ask to
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ignore a specific warning N number of times or you ignore all of them until
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you mark the end of the ignored section.
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Inline ignores are only done for that single specific source code file.
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Example
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/* !checksrc! disable LONGLINE all */
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This will ignore the warning for overly long lines until it is re-enabled with:
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/* !checksrc! enable LONGLINE */
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If the enabling isn't performed before the end of the file, it will be enabled
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automatically for the next file.
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You can also opt to ignore just N violations so that if you have a single long
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line you just can't shorten and is agreed to be fine anyway:
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/* !checksrc! disable LONGLINE 1 */
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... and the warning for long lines will be enabled again automatically after
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it has ignored that single warning. The number `1` can of course be changed to
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any other integer number. It can be used to make sure only the exact intended
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instances are ignored and nothing extra.
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### Directory wide ignore patterns
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This is a method we've transitioned away from. Use inline ignores as far as
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possible.
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Make a `checksrc.skip` file in the directory of the source code with the
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false positive, and include the full offending line into this file.
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