This semantic patch replaces a pair of calls to kmalloc and memset by a single call to kzalloc. It only looks for simple cases to avoid false positives. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- scripts/coccinelle/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2eae828 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/alloc/kzalloc-simple.cocci @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +/// +/// kzalloc should be used rather than kmalloc followed by memset 0 +/// +// Confidence: High +// Copyright: (C) 2009-2010 Julia Lawall, Nicolas Palix, DIKU. GPLv2. +// Copyright: (C) 2009-2010 Gilles Muller, INRIA/LiP6. GPLv2. +// URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/rules/kzalloc.html +// Options: -no_includes -include_headers +// +// Keywords: kmalloc, kzalloc +// Version min: < 2.6.12 kmalloc +// Version min: 2.6.14 kzalloc +// + +virtual context +virtual patch +virtual org +virtual report + +//---------------------------------------------------------- +// For context mode +//---------------------------------------------------------- + +@depends on context@ +type T, T2; +expression x; +expression E1,E2; +statement S; +@@ + +* x = (T)kmalloc(E1,E2); + if ((x==NULL) || ...) S +* memset((T2)x,0,E1); + +//---------------------------------------------------------- +// For patch mode +//---------------------------------------------------------- + +@depends on patch@ +type T, T2; +expression x; +expression E1,E2; +statement S; +@@ + +- x = (T)kmalloc(E1,E2); ++ x = kzalloc(E1,E2); + if ((x==NULL) || ...) S +- memset((T2)x,0,E1); + +//---------------------------------------------------------- +// For org mode +//---------------------------------------------------------- + +@r depends on org || report@ +type T, T2; +expression x; +expression E1,E2; +statement S; +position p; +@@ + + x = (T)kmalloc@p(E1,E2); + if ((x==NULL) || ...) S + memset((T2)x,0,E1); + +@script:python depends on org@ +p << r.p; +x << r.x; +@@ + +msg="%s" % (x) +msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]",")") +coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg_safe) + +@script:python depends on report@ +p << r.p; +x << r.x; +@@ + +msg="WARNING: kzalloc should be used for %s, instead of kmalloc/memset" % (x) +coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg) -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
