Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v3 02/35] cfg.mk: variable initialization when declared with cleanup macro

A variable, which is never assigned a value in the function, might get passed into the cleanup function which may or may not raise any errors. To maintain the correct usage, the variable must be initialized, either with a value or with NULL. This syntax-check rule takes care of that. Signed-off-by: Sukrit Bhatnagar <skrtbhtngr(a)gmail.com&gt; --- cfg.mk | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk index 6bebd0a..196d1b2 100644 --- a/cfg.mk +++ b/cfg.mk @@ -1057,6 +1057,17 @@ sc_prohibit_backslash_alignment: halt='Do not attempt to right-align backslashes' \ $(_sc_search_regexp) +# Some syntax rules pertaining to the usage of cleanup macros +# implementing GNU C's cleanup attribute + +# Rule to ensure that varibales declared using a cleanup macro are +# always initialized. +sc_require_attribute_cleanup_initialization: + @prohibit='VIR_AUTO(FREE|PTR)\(.+\) [^=]+;' \