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[PATCH v3 1/5] *.c static functions: don't forward-declare __attribute__

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2021, 00:15 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-1.5-a855bfceb2-20210714T001433Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-0.5-0000000000-20210714T001433Z-avarab@gmail.com>

9cf6d3357aa (Add git-index-pack utility, 2005-10-12) and 466dbc42f58 (receive-pack: Send internal errors over side-band #2, 2010-02-10) we added these static functions and forward-declared their __attribute__((printf)).

I think this may have been to work around some compiler limitation at the time, but in any case we have a lot of code that uses the briefer way of declaring these that I'm using here, so if we had any such issues with compilers we'd have seen them already.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/index-pack.c   | 4 +---
 builtin/receive-pack.c | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index 3fbc5d7077..8336466865 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -369,9 +369,7 @@ static void parse_pack_header(void)
 	use(sizeof(struct pack_header));
 }
 
-static NORETURN void bad_object(off_t offset, const char *format,
-		       ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-
+__attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
 static NORETURN void bad_object(off_t offset, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index a34742513a..2d1f97e1ca 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -425,9 +425,6 @@ static int proc_receive_ref_matches(struct command *cmd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void rp_error(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-static void rp_warning(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-
 static void report_message(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
 {
 	int sz;
@@ -445,6 +442,7 @@ static void report_message(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
 		xwrite(2, msg, sz);
 }
 
+__attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 static void rp_warning(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
@@ -453,6 +451,7 @@ static void rp_warning(const char *err, ...)
 	va_end(params);
 }
 
+__attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 static void rp_error(const char *err, ...)
 {
 	va_list params;
-- 
2.32.0-dev
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Message 28 of 33 in “add missing __attribute__((format))”
  1. 0/6 add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  2. 1/6 *.c static functions: don't forward-declare __attribute__Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  3. 3/6 *.c static functions: add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  4. 5/6 bugreport.c: tweak cmd_bugreport() to use __attribute__((printf))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2021
  6. 2/6 sequencer.c: move static function to avoid forward declÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  7. 6/6 git-compat-util.h: add __attribute__((printf)) to git_*printf*Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  8. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  9. Randall S. BeckerJul 12, 2021
  10. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  11. Randall S. BeckerJul 12, 2021
  12. 4/6 *.h: add a few missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 11, 2021
  14. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  15. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  16. 0/6 add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  17. 1/6 *.c static functions: don't forward-declare __attribute__Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  18. 2/6 sequencer.c: move static function to avoid forward declÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  19. 3/6 *.c static functions: add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  20. 4/6 *.h: add a few missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  21. 5/6 advice.h: add missing __attribute__((format)) & fix usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  22. 6/6 strbuf.h: add a comment about "missing" strftime() checkingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  23. Jeff KingJul 13, 2021
  24. Jeff KingJul 13, 2021
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2021
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 13, 2021
  27. 0/5 add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  28. 1/5 *.c static functions: don't forward-declare __attribute__Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  29. 2/5 sequencer.c: move static function to avoid forward declÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  30. 3/5 *.c static functions: add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  31. 5/5 advice.h: add missing __attribute__((format)) & fix usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  32. 4/5 *.h: add a few missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  33. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2021

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