Synopsis

(Advisory) Functions should not call themselves, either directly or indirectly.

Enabled by default

No

Severity/Certainty

Low/Medium

Full description

There are functions that call themselves directly. This check is identical to MISRAC2004-16.2_a, MISRAC2012-Rule-17.2_a, MISRAC++2023-8.2.10_a.

Coding standards

Code examples

The following code example fails the check and will give a warning:

void example(void) {
	example();
}

The following code example passes the check and will not give a warning about this issue:

void example(void) {
}