MISRA-C

Summary

MISRA C is a set of software development guidelines for the C programming language developed by The MISRA Consortium. It is the most widely used set of coding guidelines for C around the world. MISRA provides best practice guidelines for the safe and secure application of both embedded control systems and standalone software. The version used in this section is MISRA-C:2004.

Definitions

Definition	Requirements
1_1. All code shall conform to legal compliance	331. Guarantee legal compliance
1_4. The compiler/linker shall be checked	157. Use the strict mode
2_1. Assembly language shall be encapsulated and isolated	374. Use of isolation methods in running applications
2_4. Sections of code should not be “commented out”	171. Remove commented-out code
3_2. Character set and corresponding encoding shall be documented	044. Define an explicit charset
3_6. All libraries used in production code shall be written	302. Declare dependencies explicitly
5_5. No object or function identifier with static storage duration should be reused	030. Avoid object reutilization
5_7. No identifier name should be reused	030. Avoid object reutilization
8_8. An external object or function shall be declared in one and only one file	302. Declare dependencies explicitly
15_0. The MISRA C switch syntax shall be used	161. Define secure default options
20_2. Names of standard library macros, objects and functions shall not be reused	030. Avoid object reutilization

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